Records, 1809-1957.

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Records, 1809-1957.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86123637

The collection includes records generated by the Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities as well as those generated by absorbed banks and subsidiaries. Included are Pennsylvania Company Directors minute books (1809-1908), dividend books (1815-1847), and copies of the original charter and various supplements (1812-1872).

175 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8340736

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Related Entities

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Commercial Trust Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Kensington Trust Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Colonial Trust Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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First Pennsylvania Banking and Trust Company.

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The Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities was founded on December 9, 1809. With offices on South Second Street in Philadelphia, it was chartered by the state of Pennsylvania to issue stock and sell insurance. In 1829 the Pennsylvania Company's charter was broadened to allow it to invest in federal, state, and municipal obligations as well as to purchase stock in navigation, bridge, and road companies. It also permitted the company to separat...

Erie National Bank (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Security Bank and Trust Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Bank of North America

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The Bank of North America was the first chartered bank in the United States, chartered by the Second Continental Congress in 1781. It was established primarily to aid Congress in providing supplies and money for the prosecution of the Revolutionary War. In 1916 the bank bought the assets of the National Bank of the Northern Liberties; in 1923 it merged with the Commercial Trust Company to form the Bank of North America and Trust Company; six years later the merged institution was itself absorbed...

Eighth National Bank (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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First National Bank of Philadelphia.

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Germantown Trust Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Continental-Equitable Title and Trust Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Pennsylvania Company for Insurances on Lives and Granting Annuities

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The Pennsylvania Company was chartered in 1812. In 1836 the Company was authorized to enter into the business of executing trusts, which thereafter became its chief activity. From the description of Journals, 1849-1879. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122644934 ...