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.

Insurance Agent Cancels: Fletcher & Beggs of Columbus, Ohio

FLETCHER & BEGGS.

APR

11

1901

 

from the Columbus City Directory of 1899

Insurance Company Cancels: Girard Life Insurance, Annuity & Trust Company of Philadelphia

THE GIRARD LIFE INSURANCE,

ANNUITY & TRUST CO. OF PHILA.

NOV 15 1898

 

Insurance Company Cancels: Atlas Assurance Company

Atlas Firemark

ATLAS

AUG 29 1898

ASSCE. CO.

Insurance Company Cancels: Mechanics Insurance Company of Philadelphia

MECHANICS

JUN 1 1899

INS. CO.

Insurance Company Cancels: Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Germantown, Philadelphia

M. F. I. CO.

JAN 6 1899

GERMANTOWN

M. F. I. CO.

JAN 6 1899

GERMANTOWN

M. F. I. CO.

JAN 6 1899

GERMANTOWN

 

Former Germantown Mutual Fire HQ at the corner of Germantown Ave & School House Lane in Philadelphia

It is a shame that the stamps were removed from the original policy document.  All three likely came from the same policy.

Insurance Company Cancels: Eagle Fire Insurance Company

EAGLE FIRE CO.

JUN 2- 1899

EAGLE FIRE CO.

NOV

26

1900

 

Insurance Agent Cancels: Daniel J. Dunphy of Passaic, New Jersey

DAN'L J. DUNPHY,

MAR

14

1900

Passaic, N. J.

Passaic Daily Herald, November 22, 1913

Insurance Agent Cancels: Covert & Company of Austin, Texas

COVERT & CO.

FEB

15

1899

AUSTIN, TEX

from The Austin Daily Statesman, January 31, 1907

Insurance Company Cancels: Standard Fire Insurance Company

STANDARD

JAN 18 1899

FIRE INS. CO.

 

Insurance Company Documents: American Surety Company Bonds

American Surety Company first appeared here June 6, 2023.  Today is presented two performance bonds.

They are both courtesy of David Thompson who sent them to me awhile back.  The first is a Motorman's bond: 

And a Conductor's bond:  

Each of these bonds were used to bond the operators of street railroad cars in Chicago; each put money up front to help guarantee their safe operation of the cars since the conductor and motorman had their money at risk.  It is likely that the City of Chicago or the Chicago Union Tracation Company required operators to hold these bonds in order to be allowed to work.