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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mutual Assurance Company for Insuring Houses from Loss by Fire 30014

Contributor:

Bailey, Francis, 1735?-1815, printer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fire insurance--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Fire insurance.

Insurance companies--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Insurance companies.

Genre:

Relief prints.

Physical Description:

8 p. ; 27 cm (4to)

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia, Pa. : Printed by Francis Bailey?, between 1784 and 1794]

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.

Local Notes:

HSP in LCP.

NEH-Readex: not in Readex; not at AAS.

Cited in:

ESTC W41981