The deed of settlement of the Mutual Assurance Company, for Insuring Houses from Loss by Fire. In and near Philadelphia

The deed of settlement of the Mutual Assurance Company, for Insuring Houses from Loss by Fire. In and near Philadelphia

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Corporate author / creator:Mutual Assurance Company for Insuring Houses from Loss by Fire.
Imprint:[Philadelphia, Pa. : Printed by Francis Bailey?, between 1784 and 1794]
Description:8 p. ; 27 cm (4to)
Language:English
Subject:
Fire insurance -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Insurance companies -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Relief prints.
Format: E-Resource Print Book
Local Note:HSP in LCP.
NEH-Readex: not in Readex; not at AAS.
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10358341
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Notes:Caption title.
The Mutual Assurance Company, known as the Green Tree for its emblem, was established in 1784 in reaction to the Philadelphia Contributionship's refusal to insure houses with nearby trees. It received its charter in 1786.
The illustration is a woodcut of a tree, signed: T. The same woodcut, somewhat worn, is used on a page-by-page (though not line-by-line) reprint of the deed bearing the imprint "Printed by F. & R. Bailey, No. 116 High-Street" beneath the tree. The firm of Francis & Robert Bailey was active from 1795 to 1802. A copy of the present work at the Library Company of Philadelphia has a MS. note dated 1794.
Signatures: [A]⁴.
ESTC W41981
Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa.: NewsBank, inc., 2010. Available via the World Wide Web. Access restricted to Readex Early American Imprints, Series I: Supplement from the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1670-1800

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