Records of insurance companies and agents, 1781-1938 (inclusive).

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Records of insurance companies and agents, 1781-1938 (inclusive).

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Correspondence, ledgers, agency procedures book, policies (marine and fire), cash books, bills, receipts, monthly financial statements, scrapbook, and other insurance records of: William Morland & Henry Hudson, Newburyport, Mass., 1781-1783; Massachusetts Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Boston, 1798-1876; New Bedford Marine Insurance Co., New Bedford, Mass., 1805-1825; Commercial Insurance Co., Boston, 1812-1813; Joseph Balch, Boston, 1813-1823; Union Insurance Co., Portsmouth, N.H., 1815-1821; Mercantile Marine Insurance Co., Boston, 1823-1873; Globe Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Boston, 1824-1838; Isaiah Crowell & Co., South Yarmouth, Mass., 1839-1858; Nathan White, Bucksport, Me., 1839-1874 (includes ledgers and papers relating to insurance with the Thomaston Mutual Fire Insurance Co.); Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co., Newark, N.J., 1845-1903; Maverick Mutual Fire Insurance Co., East Boston, Mass., 1849-1851; Canterbury Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Canterbury, N.H., 1849-1938; Thomas P. James, Philadelphia, Pa., 1856-1861 (includes insurance of shipments with the Delaware Mutual Safety Insurance Co.); Boston Mutual Benefit Association, Boston, 1857-1878; Williams & Gould, Boston, 1858; Union Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Boston, 1866-1876; The London Assurance, Philadelphia, 1907-1909; and unidentified monthly financial statements, 1795-1806, for a firm in Boston. There is a microfilm copy of records and papers, 1839-1854, of the Wisconsin Marine and Fire Insurance Co., Milwaukee. It also includes Civil War letters of Robert Chivas and J.L. Mitchell.

ca. 3 linear ft. (32 v., 1 box, 1 envelope, 1 folder, 1 reel of film)

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Hudson, Henry, 1780?-1843

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Massachusetts Mutual Fire Insurance Company

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Canterbury Mutual Fire Insurance Company.

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The Canterbury Mutual Fire Insurance Company was located in Canterbury, New Hampshire. From the guide to the Records, 1849-1938, (Baker Library, Harvard Business School) ...

Wisconsin Marine and Fire Insurance Company.

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Morland, William

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New Bedford Marine Insurance Company.

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Union Mutual Fire Insurance Company.

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Mitchell, Alexander.

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Chivas, Robert.

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Crowell, Isaiah

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Mitchell, J. Lawrence

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Mitchell, John Hugh

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J. Mitchell owned a general mercantile store on French Prairie in the Willamette Valley. The site later became part of the town of Gervais. Accounts appear for several well-known citizens, such as Henry Failing, William Barlow, Antoine Lucier, and H. D. Boon. From the description of J. Mitchell account books, 1860-1881. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 36995911 John Mitchell was the agent for American Prisoners of War during the War of 1812. ...

Mitchell family.

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London Assurance.

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Bank of Milwaukee (Wis.)

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Globe Fire and Marine Insurance Company.

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The Globe Fire and Marine Insurance Company was located in Boston, Massachusetts. Enoch Silsby was the president of the company until 1827, when he was succeeded by William Hales. From the guide to the Account book, 1824-1838., (Baker Library, Harvard Business School) ...

Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company

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The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance (MBLI) Company, based in Newark, N.J., was chartered in 1845. In July 1991, the Company was seized by the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance after losses in an overheated real estate market, and was liquidated and dissolved in June 2001. The Mutual Benefit's collapse was the largest ever of an American insurer. From the description of Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. records, 1845-2001. (Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library). WorldCat r...

Commercial Insurance Company (Boston, Mass.)

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Union Insurance Company (Portsmouth, N.H.)

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Isaiah Crowell and Company.

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Isaiah Crowell and Company was a marine insurance firm located in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts. From the guide to the Records, 1839-1858., (Baker Library, Harvard Business School) ...

White, N. A. (Nathaniel A.)

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Nathan White (fl. 1780-1786) was a currier in either Middlesex or Somerset County, New Jersey. From the description of Nathan White account book, 1780-1786. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 53914276 ...

Thomaston Mutual Fire Insurance Company

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Williams and Gould.

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Boston Mutual Benefit Association.

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Balch, Joseph.

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Mercantile Marine Insurance Company.

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Maverick Mutual Fire Insurance Company.

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James, Thomas Potts, 1803-1882

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Thomas P. James was a Philadelphia druggist. From the description of Letterbooks, 1851-1863. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122684097 James studied pharmacy and from 1831-1866 was involved in the wholesale drug business in Philadelphia and also developed an interest in Pennsylvania flora. After moving to Cambridge, Mass. James studied mosses and published along with Leo Lesquereux articles and a manual of North American mosses (1884). F...

Delaware Mutual Safety Insurance Company

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