Charters and bylaws, 1806-1982.

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Charters and bylaws, 1806-1982.

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Bylaws, 1859-1982; charter, 1859-1970; code of administration rules and regulations, 1916-1953; miscellaneous correspondence concerning charter, 1906-1959; cover of Act of Incorporation of Eagle Fire Insurance Co., 1806; and Certificate of Authority from State of New York Comptroller's Office, 1859.

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New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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Eagle Fire Insurance Co.

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Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

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The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (ELAS) was founded in 1859 by Henry Baldwin Hyde (1834-1899). It became, by the year of Hyde’s death, the largest life insurance company in the world. Hyde sought to guarantee that his son, James Hazen Hyde (1876-1959), would continue family control of the company after his death, but in 1905 the younger Hyde lost control in a struggle which resulted from an investigation of the insurance industry by New York State. From the g...