Essex Insurance Company Records, 1835-1855
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Scope and Content Note
The Essex Insurance Company Records include 24 volumes of marine policies, two volumes of fire policies, and one folder of marine and fire policies from 1835 to 1855.
Dates
- Creation: 1835-1855
Creator
- Essex Insurance Co. (Salem, Mass.) (Organization)
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use.
Historical Sketch
The Essex Insurance Company, founded by 1835, was situated at 170 Essex Street in Salem, Massachusetts. According to the 1837 Salem Directory, the Essex Insurance Company was directed by Charles Treadwell and its presidents included William H. Foster, John W. Fenno, James Harris, Emery Johnson, Thomas P. Pingree, and John Preston. Daniel L. Proctor is listed as secretary. The capital is listed at $100,000. Directors, presidents, and secretaries can be traced through early Salem, Massachusetts, directories until 1855, after which the company disappears from the directories, indicating its dissolution.
Extent
3 linear feet (26 volumes; 1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Essex Insurance Company Records include 24 volumes of marine policies, two volumes of fire policies, and one folder of marine and fire policies from 1835 to 1855.
Physical Location
Phillips Library Stacks
Provenance
The Essex Insurance Company Records are a reorganization and integration of 25 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
- Essex Insurance Co. (Salem, Mass.) (Organization)
- Title
- ESSEX INSURANCE COMPANY RECORDS, 1835-1855
- 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