Vertical file collection on insurance

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Insurance policy taken out by merchant Thomas Witter in 1761 for a voyage of the brig Polly from New York to St. Kitts.

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Contains insurance policies taken out by Jonathan Bowman (1735-1804; Harvard AB 1755) of Pownalboro, Maine, for the schooner Polly in 1776 and brigantine Polly in 1790. Investors in the voyage of the schooner Polly to the West Indies included Boston merchant James Swan (1754-1830). The brig Polly sailed from Pownalboro to Liverpool, England

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Insurance policies for the brigantine Union and her cargo, taken out by Beverly, Massachusetts, merchant Andrew Cabot and Captain George Cabot on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain, to Salem, dated 1776.

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Two insurance policies taken out by Philadelphia merchants E. Dutilh & Wachsmuth (Philadelphia, Pa.) on voyages of the brig Federation and schooner Isabella to Cap-François, Hispaniola, in 1792.

Scope and Contents Marine insurance policies, dated 1793-1800, on the sloop Little Nat and her cargo of two horses, shipped by Norwich, Connecticut, merchant Charles Rockwell, to the West Indies; the schooner Juno and her cargo, shipped by Pepperellborough, Maine, merchant Foxwell Cutts (1765-1816) to the West Indies and Leeward Islands; the schooner Betsy, her freight, and 34 horses, shipped by Rhode Island merchant Elisha Lyon from Providence to Surinam, dated 1800. The policy was issued by the Warren...

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Two insurance two policies taken out by Dudley Woodbridge, of Norwich, Connecticut, for a voyages of the schooners Elizabeth and Farmer to the West Indies, dated 1786 and 1789.