New York Stock Brokers: Henry G. Campbell Jr. of Henry G. Campbell & Company

Henry G. Campbell Jr. from The Stock Market in Caricature, 1904 Vol 2, a Yale sculler no doubt.  See the picture of his father below.  By 1902, Campbell and his father would reorganize and create a partnership with J. Borden Harriman, a cousin of railroad tycoon Edward Harriman, named Campbell, Harriman & Company.  I'm in search of a Campbell, Harriman cancel.

New York Stock Brokers: Charles Britton of Britton & Fiero

Charles Britton from The Stock Market in Caricature, 1904 Vol 2.  Britton was the sole member of the NYSE in the firm Britton & Fiero.

 

New York Stock Brokers: Henry Weisl of Henry Block & Company

Henry Weisl, from The Stock Exchange in Caricature, 1904, Vol. 2.  Weisl held a seat at the NYSE and worked with other seated members Henry Block and Charles Schafer at the firm Henry Block & Company.

 

New York Stock Brokers: Henry H. Oltman and Jacob Field of Bell & Company, Charles H. DeWitt & Company, and J. M. Fiske & Company

Henry H. Oltman was member of the NYSE by 1899 or 1900, and traded for Bell & Company until it dissolved; he then went to the firm Josiah M. Fiske & Company.  

Jacob Field was a member of the NYSE beginning in 1899 or 1900, and traded for Bell & Company until they dissolved and he went with many of Bell & Co's brokers to Charles H. DeWitt & Company. 

The drawings of Mr. Field and Mr. Oltman can be found in The Stock Market in Caricature, 1904.

The noted philatelist Alfred Caspary was a member of the NYSE by 1900 and first traded with Bell & Company before moving to Charles H. DeWitt Company upon the dissolution of the Bell firm.

New York Stock Brokers: James S. Bearns of J. S. Bearns & Company

James S. Bearns, above, held a membership at the NYSE throughout the 1898 tax period.  The drawing may be found in The Stock Market in Caricature, 1904, Vol 2.

 

New York Stock Brokers: Walter and Herbert Scheftel of J. S. Bache & Company

Walter Scheftel, above, was a member of the NYSE throughout the 1898 tax period.

Herbert Scheftel became a full partner of J. S. Bache & Co. by 1901, and held his own seat at the NYSE.  The drawings of the Scheftels may be found in the volumes The Stock Exchange in Caricature, 1904.

New York Stock Brokers: James F. A. Clark of Clark & Ward, George E. Armstrong & Co., and Armstrong, Schirmer & Co.

James F. A. Clark was a member of the NYSE throughout the 1898 tax period and was associated with three different firms during the period, including Clark & Ward (1898), George E. Armstrong & Company (1900) and Armstrong, Schirmer & Company (1901-02).  The drawing above of Mr. Clark  may found at The Stock Exchange in Caricature, 1904 Vol. 2.

The search continues for a cancel or document produced by Clark & Ward.

New York Stock Brokers: William E. Pearl of F. T. Adams & Company

William E. Pearl, a partner of Frederick T. Adams in his firm F. T. Adams & Company, held a seat on the New York Stock Exchange through the 1898 tax period.  The caricature above can be found at The Stock Exchane in Caricature, 1904, Vol 2.

New York Stock Brokers: William B. DeHaven of DeHaven & Townsend

William B. DeHaven from The Stock Market in Caricature, Vol. 2, 1904

William B. DeHaven was a NYSE seated partner of the DeHaven & Townsend firm.

 

New York Stock Brokers: William S. Alley

William S. Alley from The Stock Exchange in Caricature, Vol. 2 1904

William Alley traded as an independent in 1901-02, for Wilcox & Company in 1900, and for John Wallace in 1898.  His sad story can be found here.

 

New York Stock Brokers: Stewart Barr of Stewart Barr & Company

 

Stewart Barr from The Stock Exchange in Caricature, Vol. 2, 1904

Stewart Barr held a seat at the NYSE through the 1898 tax period and his firm had no other seated members as partners or associates.  

stock sale memo for 100 shares of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway to the NYSE brokerage firm Eames & Moore

New York Stock Brokers: William Fahnestock of Fahnestock & Company

William Fahnestock held a seat at the New York Stock Exchange throughout the 1898 tax period and was the sole seated broker at his self-named firm during that time.  The drawing of Mr. Fahnestock comes from The Stock Market in Caricature, Vol 2 1904.

Insurance Agent Cancels: L. W. Moody of New Haven, Connecticut

L. W. Moody, G. A.

NEW HAVEN, CT.

 

Insurance Company Cancels: Franklin Fire Insurance Company

FRANKLIN FIRE INSURANCE CO.

MAY

11

1901

An Answer for Yesterday's Query

N. B. & M. Ins. Co. is the North British & Mercantile Insurance Company.  It even has its own Wikipedia page.

Insurance Company Cancels: What is the N. B. & M Insurance Company?

Please help me identify this company!  It was clearly a major firm on both sides of the Atlantic.  Based on the U. K. document fragment is it possible that its businesss was entirely reinsurance?

N. B. & M. INS. CO.

JAN 8 1901

NEW YORK

Looks like N.B.&M. used printed precancels in the UK.

 

Insurance Agent Cancels: L. J. Van Anden & Company of Erie, Pennsylvania

from The Spectator Insurance Yearbook, 1899

CANCELLED

OCT

17

1900

L. J. Van Anden & Co.

Insurance Agent Cancels: Field & Cowles of Boston

FIELD & COWLES

MAY 11 1900

 Field & Cowles matchbook cover:

from the 1925 Boston Directory

Insurance Company Cancels: US Casualty Company

U. S. CASUALTY CO.

FEB

16

????

 

Insurance Agent Cancels: James L. De Long of McKeesport, Pennsylvania

JAMES L. DE LONG

MAY

8

1899

JAMES L. DE LONG

APR

29

1899

JAMES L. DE LONG

MAR

17

1901

 

from Insurance World, April 1, 1888

from Industrial and Commercial Resources of Pennsylvania, 1887

Insurance Agent Cancels: Ozment & Phelan of Palestine, Texas

Ozment & Phelan

OCT ??  1898

Palestine, Texas.

from the Palestine City Directory of 1898-99, listing them as tenants of the Lavo Building.

Miss Mollie Ozment lived at 19 Giraud in Palestine.  Was she the inspiration for Good Golly Miss Mollie?  And was she the Ozment of Ozment and Phelan?

A recent photo of the Lavo Building in Palestine, Texas.