INSURANCE CO. OFFICERS NYC, 1831, NEW YORK Copyright (c) 2000 by S.Ferrall (ferrall@mtaonline.net). ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submittor has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ************************************************************************ Transcribed from an original New-York Evening Post, Friday, December 2, 1831. Number 9142, No. 49 William-Street. ---- MERCHANTS' FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY- office No. 53 Wall-street, New York incorporated with a Capital of Half a Million of Dollars for the sole purpose of Insurance against loss or damage by FIRE, Dwelling Houses, Ware Houses, Buildings in general, Merchandize, Ships in Port and their Cargoes, Household Furniture, Wearing Apparel, and every description of personal property. Jonathan Lawrence, pres. Nathaniel W. Strong, Sec'ry. (directors) Jonathan Lawrence, James Lovett, Samuel Betts, Henry Kneeland, Thomas Bloodgood, John A. Stevens, Robert Chesebrough, Francis H. Nicoll, Thomas Lawrence, James Boyd, Jr., William W. Fox, George Barclay, Michael Burnham, Jeromus Johnson, James Strong, John Flack, Jacob P. Giraud, Joseph Hudson, Charles Town, Peter A. Jay, David M. Prall, Oroondates Mauran, Theodore Meyer, Ephraim Holbrook. ---- JEFFERSON INSURANCE COMPANY, Office No. 108 Chatham street corner of Pearl. This company continue to insure against loss or damage by fire; also on vessels and cargoes against loss or damage by inland navigation at the customary rates of premium: and assures the public that all losses sustained by them will be adjusted with promptitude and liberality. The rates of insurance are as favourable as any other office in this city. DIRECTORS John Morss, Thomas W. Thorne, Samuel Webb, John C. Merritt, John Clapp, George S. Watkins, Samuel M. Fitch, Caleb C. Tunis, William W. Winans, Alexander Masterton, William Bradford, Elijah Humphreys, Moses Tucker, Benjamin R. Robson, Dr. David Rogers, Richard Riker, Thompson Price, Cornelius Harsen, Stephen Lyon, Walter Peck. John Morss, President. Wm. S. Thorne, Secretary _____________________________