Hartford Fire Insurance Company papers, 1838-1841.

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Hartford Fire Insurance Company papers, 1838-1841.

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Correspondence with George H. Fish, who succeeded Elisha Brewster as agent for the Hartford Fire Insurance Company in Middlebury, Vt., on the latter's death in 1838. Fish continued to use Brewster's account book to enter insurance records.

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Hartford Fire Insurance Company

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On May 10, 1810, the Connecticut General Assembly incorporated the Hartford Fire Insurance Company, naming Nathaniel Terry its first president. The company wrote the first fire insurance policy for an institution of higher learning when it insured Yale in 1825. Hartford Fire expanded west to Columbus, Ohio, in 1852 and San Francisco, California, in 1870. In 1871, the company paid $2 million in claims from the Great Chicago Fire. Almost thirty years later, Hartford Fire paid for $11....

Fish, George H.

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Businessman, of Middlebury, Vt. From the description of Hartford Fire Insurance Company papers, 1838-1841. (Sheldon Museum Research Center). WorldCat record id: 609422712 ...

Brewster, Elisha, 1791-1838

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