Manuscript Articles of Agreement, 1 Feb 1793, between a company of gentlemen for raising a fund of fifty thousand pounds, for the purpose of establishing a general insurance office, 'to ensure persons from loss of property by burglaries, highway and footpad robberies, public and private thefts, together with the expense of prosecution'. Includes the signatures of the 84 original shareholders against the number of shares held by each.
Insurance company
This material is held atSenate House Library Archives, University of London
- Reference
- GB 96 MS 141
- Dates of Creation
- 1793
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- Single sheet.
Scope and Content
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Arrangement
Single item.
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Acquisition Information
Part of the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature, initially collected by Herbert Somerton Foxwell and presented by the Goldsmith's Company to the University of London in 1903.
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Collection level description.
Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements
Single vellum sheet, bound in half-morocco.
Archivist's Note
Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
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