Oriental Insurance Company Records, 1824-1847
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Scope and Content Note
The Oriental Insurance Company Records include 8 volumes of marine policies, 2 volumes of fire policies, one volume of stock dividends, and one folder of loose materials for this Salem, Massachusetts, insurance company.
Dates
- Creation: 1824-1847
Creator
- Oriental Insurance Company (Salem, Mass.) (Organization)
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use.
Historical Sketch
The Oriental Insurance Company was incorporated in 1824 by William Fettyplace, John Andrew, Henry Prince Jr., Richard S. Rogers, John B. Osgood, Tucker Daland, William Proctor, Franklin H. Story, and Joseph Ropes. The company shared space in the East India Marine Hall with the East India Marine Society and the Asiatic Bank after the building's dedication in 1825. The Oriental Insurance Company was one of the larger insurance companies in Salem (listed in the 1837 directory with a capital of $200,000). In 1837 it was directed by Nathan Endicott, who was president until at least 1857. The company has disappeared from the directories by 1859.
Extent
1.75 linear feet (11 volumes; 1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Oriental Insurance Company Records include 8 volumes of marine policies, 2 volumes of fire policies, one volume of stock dividends, and one folder of loose materials for this Salem, Massachusetts, insurance company.
Physical Location
Phillips Library Stacks
Provenance
The Oriental Insurance Company Records are a reorganization and integration of 11 volumes and miscellaneous manuscripts. The collection is from an unknown source.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Sylvia B. Kennick, July 1984. Updated by Catherine Robertson, May 2015.
Subject
- Oriental Insurance Company (Salem, Mass.) (Organization)
- Title
- ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY RECORDS, 1824-1847
- Author
- Processed by: Sylvia B. Kennick; Updated by: Catherine Robertson; machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Processing of this collection was funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the Phillips Library Repository