Vertical file collection on insurance, 1833-1912 (inclusive).

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Vertical file collection on insurance, 1833-1912 (inclusive).

Consists of unbound material of less than a volume in size, including material on the following individuals and companies: Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, Newark, N.J., 1845-1897; Ellis B. Usher, Hollis, Me., 1833-1859; Henry Lee, Brookline, Mass., 1845-1865; Benjamin F. Wentworth vs. Hartford Fire Insurance Company, South Limington, Me., 1867-1870; New England Railroad Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., 1856; the yacht Wild Duck of J. Alexander Agassiz, Newport, R.I., 1892; Tremont and Suffolk Mills, Lowell, Mass., 1912.

Less than 1 linear ft.

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Tremont and Suffolk Mills.

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Wild Duck (Yacht)

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Usher, Ellis B. (Ellis Baker), 1785-1855

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Usher operated a general store in Buxton, Maine; bought and sold timber lands in southern Maine and New Hampshire; operated a sawmill; served as postmaster in Hollis, Maine from 1811 to 1824. From the description of Business records, 1800-1868 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 229894328 Resident of Hollis, Me. From the description of Deeds, 1790-1877. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70973898 Lumber mercha...

New England Railroad Mutual Fire Insurance Company.

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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...

Agassiz, J. Alexander.

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Wentworth, Benjamin

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Lee, H. W. (Henry William), 1865-1932

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