Young family papers, 1868-1893.

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Young family papers, 1868-1893.

Papers relating to J.R. Young and family of Henderson, N.C. Included are a promissory note, an agent contract with the Equitable Life Assurance Society, a letter from D. L. Russell dated 8 April 1892, discussing local Republican Party politics, a letter from A. C. Zollicoffer dated 31 October 1892, and a handwritten copy of a deposition from Mrs. Aurelia Young, dated 2 February 1893.

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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...