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BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA,
Incorporated 30th March, 1793. Capital $2,500,000. Shares $400. Dividends declared on the 1st Wednesdays in January and July. Discount-Wednesdays and Saturdays. JOSEPH P. NORRIS, President. JOSEPH TROTTER, Cashier.
Directors.
J. P. Norris, Charles Penrose, Jacob R. Smith, Tobias Wagner,
Mord. D. Lewis,
Nathan Trotter,
Wm. V. Anderson,
Jacob Ridgway,
Gideon Scull, P. L. Laguerenne, Elihu Chauncey, John White.
By the State.
J. B. Smith, J. H. Newbold,
S. C. Morton, . Wm. J. Leiper.
Branches.
Harrisburg .- JOHN M. FOSTER, President. Lancaster .- ADAM REIGART, President. Reading .- GEO. D. B. KEIM, President. Easton .- PETER MICHLER, President.
JAMES LESLIE, Cashier. JOSEPH OGILBY, Cashier. JOHN M.KNIGHT, Cashier. PHILIP H. MATTES, Cashier.
Agencies at the Bank of Pennsylvania. Planters' Bank of Tennessee ; Bank of Illinois ; Sandy and Beaver Canal Company ; Petersburg Rail Road Company ; Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail Road Company ; Pottsville and Danville Rail Road Company. (Payment of Instalments.)
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Manuel Eyre,
George Sheaff,
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PHILADELPHIA BANK, S. W. Fourth and Chestnut.
Incorporated 1804. Capital $2,000,000. Paid in $1,800,000. JOHN READ, President. JOHN B. TREVOR, Cashier.
Directors.
John Read,
Charles Graff;
Robert Patterson,
John Welsh,
William Phillips,
Quintin Campbell,
Samuel F. Smith,
Joshua Longstreth,
Richard D. Wood,
Samuel W. Jones,
William' Worrell,
John Duncan.
Discount-Mondays and Thursdays .- EDWARD HURST, Notary.
GIRARD BANK, South Third, below Chestnut street, (West side.)
Chartered 1822-Extended, and Capital increased, 1836. Capital $5,000,000, all paid. Discount-Mondays and Thursdays. JAMES SCHOTT, President. W. D. LEWIS, Cashier.
Directors.
James Schott,
John K. Kane,
Jacob Lex,
John Price Wetherill,
A. W. Mitchell,
Robert Toland,
J. W. Gibbs,
Charles S. Baker,
Joseph Hemphill,
George Rundle,
John S. Riddle, C. W. Churchman.
George Handy,
EDWARD HURST, Notary.
FARMERS' AND MECHANICS' BANK, Chestnut street, West of Fourth, (North side.)
Incorporated 1824. Capital $1,250,000. Discount-Tuesdays and Fridays. JOSEPH TAGERT, President. WILLIAM PATTON, JR., Cashier. Directors.
J. Tagert,
Edw. Smith, Chas. Humphreys,
H. White,
H. Campbell,
A. E. Borie,
J. Harding, Jr.
Thos. S. Richards, Jos. W. Throckmorton,
Paul Farnum,
Robt. Howell,
Wm. Welsh. H. G. FREEMAN, Notary.
SCHUYLKILL BANK, S. E. Sixth and High.
Chartered 1814. Capital $1,000,000.
WILLIAM MEREDITH, President. HOSEA J. LEVIS, Cashier.
Directors.
Wm. Meredith,
Alex. Ferguson,
Jos. M'Clure, Matthias B. Denman,
Wm. Wetherill,
Frederick Brown,
Joseph White,
Jas. B. Danforth,
Henry Toland,
Samuel Smyth.
Jobn Siter,
Simon Gratz, George Sellers,
Election, first Monday in November. Discount-Tuesdays and Fridays. GEORGE HEYL, Notary. BRANCH PORT CARBON, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, L. WHITNEY, Cashier.
J. C. Farr,
Joseph R. Evans,
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BANK OF NORTH AMERICA, Chestnut street West of Third, (North side.)
Chartered by Congress, 1781. Capital $1,000,000. Discount-Mondays and Thurs- days.
HENRY NIXON, President.
HENRY HOLLINGSWORTH, Cashier. Directors.
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Henry Nixon, John M. Atwood,
Timothy Paxson,
Coleman Fisher,
David Lewis, Jr.,
John Richardson,
Joseph P. Hornor,
Edward Yarnall,
Thomas Robins,
William W. Keen, John B. Budd, Thomas Allibone.
GEORGE HEYL, Notary.
MECHANICS' BANK OF THECITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA, South Third street, below High, (West side.)
Chartered 1814. Capital $1,400,000. Discount-Tuesdays and Fridays. LEMUEL LAMB, President.
Directors.
Lemuel Lamb,
Archibald Wright,
Clem. Tingley,
W. W. Thackara,
John Dalzell,
W. H. Davis,
Uriah Hunt,
Edward Lowber,
James Field.
GEORGE HEYL, Notary.
COMMERCIAL BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA, High, between Second and Third streets, (North side.)
Chartered 1814 ; renewed 1836. Capital $1,000,000. Discount-Tuesdays and Fridays. Dividends, May and November. JAMES DUNDAS, President. BENJAMIN P. SMITH, Cashier. Directors.
James Dundas, John Cooper,
Joseph Ely, William Musser,
Joseph Jones, William Gill,
David R. Sergeant, Jacob Dunton, John A. Barclay, Robert Parry.
GEORGE HEYL, Notary.
BANK OF THE NORTHERN LIBERTIES, North side of Vine, near North Third. Chartered 1813. Capital $500,000. Discount-Tuesdays and Fridays.
JONATHAN KNIGHT, President.
R. L. PITFIELD, Cashier.
Jonathan Knight,
Joseph Thomas,
Isaac W. Norris,
John Naglee,
Michael Magrath,
Directors. George Gorgas, Thomas Hart, John Taylor,
Isaiah Jeanes,
David Kirkpatrick,
Joseph R. Jenks, Andrew C. Barclay, Samuel Grant, Isaac Koons, John Patterson. JOHN GOODMAN, Notary.
Moses Kempton, Francis N. Buck,
Wm. Shufflebottom,
George W. Toland, Charles Leland, James H. Hart,
James L. Newman,
J. B. MITCHELL, Cashier.
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MANUFACTURERS' AND MECHANICS' BANK, N. L. North-west corner of Vine and North Third.
Chartered 1832. Capital §600,000. Discount-Tuesdays and Fridays.
THOMAS H. CRAIGE, President. Directors.
JAMES HUNT, Cashier.
Thomas H. Craige,
John Welsh Jr.,
John V. Hart,
John Farr,
John Wiley,
Samuel Williams,
Jacob Coleman,
Samuel Parker,
James S. Newbold,
Solomon Alter,
Henry Stiles.
ISAAC BOILEAU, Notary.
WESTERN BANK, High, above Ninth, South side.
Chartered 1832.
Capital $500,000. Discount-Wednesdays and Saturdays.
GEORGE TROUTMAN, President. Directors. Britain Williamson,
M. E. ISRAEL, Cashier.
George Troutman,
Hezekiah Buzby,
Jacob W. Corlies,
Charles S. Wood,
David Williamson,
George C. Hale,
Robert Allen,
George W. Page,
Thomas J. Maxwell,
Armon Davis,
EDWARD HURST, Notary.
MOYAMENSING BANK, South-east corner Second and Chestnut streets. .
Chartered 1832.
Capital $250,000. Discount-Wednesdays and Saturdays,
JOSEPH SOLMS, President. Directors. Col. Samuel Miller, Joseph F. Snyder,
J. HESTON, Cashier.
Joseph Solms,
George Miller,
Frederick A. Raybold, Frederick Klett,
Paul Thurlo,
James Devereux,
John J. Krider, John Slack, Augustine Stevenson,
Thomas M'Corkle,
Charles Marquedant. -
EDWARD HURST, Notary.
BANK OF PENN TOWNSHIP, North-west corner of Sixth and Vine streets. Chartered 1826. Capita! $250,000. Discount-Wednesdays and Saturdays,
ELIJAH DALLETT, President. JACOB FRICK, Cashier.
Elijah Dallett,
Lawrence Shuster,
Joseph H. Seal,
John H. Campbell,
Directors. Anthony McConnell, James M. Clure, David Woelpper, Jr., Amos Ellis,
Abraham Alburger.
Samuel Bispham, Daniel Pray, William A. Everly, Joseph S. Paxson,
GEORGE HEYL, Notary.
John Gamble, John Parker,
Joseph M. Moss.
R. Penn Gaskill,
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SOUTHWARK BANK, South Second street, below Cedar, (West side.) Chartered 1825. Capital $250,000. Discount-Mondays and Thursdays. T. SPARKS, President. JOSEPH S. SMITH, Cashier,
Directors.
Thomas Sparks,
Thomas Mercer,
Thomas D. Grover,
Lewis Roberts,
Thomas Barnitt,
Henry Caron,
D. Henry Flickwir,
Robert Burton,
Weston C. Donaldson,
William Clark,
Joseph Atkinson,
Lewis Clark,
Samuel H. Traner.
H. G. FREEMAN, Notary.
KENSINGTON BANK.
Re-chartered for 15 Years from November 1836. Capital $250,000. Discount-Tuesdays and Fridays.
JONATHAN WAINWRIGHT, President. Directors.
CHARLES KEEN, Cashier.
Jonathan Wainwright, Joseph Baker,
John Dickson,
James Keen, Eli Garrison,
Hugh Smith,
Samuel Pilling, John Sexton,
William A. Stokes,
Samuel Magarge, John M. Brown,
Andrew Manderson, Jr.,
William Williamson, of West Chester. ISAAC BOILEAU, Notary.
STATE BANK AT CAMDEN, N. J. Office 12 Church alley, Philadelphia.
Chartered 1812. Capital $300,000. Discount-Wednesdays and Saturdays.
RICHARD M. COOPER, President. Directors.
ROBERT W. OGDEN, Cashier.
Richard M. Cooper, James Matlack, Joseph Rogers, Joseph R. Parry, Samuel C. Champion,
John Buck. PHILADELPHIA.
James Good, Joshua Lippincott,
Elijah Dallett, Jr., John Oliver Boyd,
James Le Fevre,
Benjamin Jones. Notary-J. W. PETERSON, Camden, N. J.
Joseph W. Cooper,
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DISCOUNT DAYS
OF THE
PHILADELPHIA BANKS AND SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS,
BANK UNITED STATES,
PENNSYLVANIA,
PHILADELPHIA, FARMERS AND MECHANICS, NORTH AMERICA,
Tuesdays and Fridays. Mondays and Thursdays.
COMMERCIAL,
Tuesdays and Fridays.
MECHANICS,
Tuesdays and Fridays.
SCHUYLKILL, NORTHERN LIBERTIES, GIRARD,
Tuesdays and Fridays. Tuesdays and Fridays.
Mondays and Thursdays.
SOUTHWARK,
PENN TOWNSHIP,
KENSINGTON,
WESTERN,
MANUFACTURERS & MECHANICS, MOYAMENSING,
Mondays and Thursdays. Wednesdays and Saturdays, Tuesdays and Fridays. Wednesdays and Saturdays. Tuesdays and Fridays. Wednesdays and Saturdays. Mondays and Thursdays. Mondays. Tuesdays.
PHILAD'A SAVINGS INSTITUTION, SOUTHERN LOAN COMPANY, CENTRAL SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, PHILADELPHIA CITY SAVINGS, SCHUYLKILL SAVINGS,
Wednesdays. Wednesdays. Tuesdays.
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KENSINGTON SAVINGS,
Tuesdays and Fridays. Wednesdays and Saturdays. Mondays and Thursdays.
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SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS.
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PHILADELPHIA SAVINGS INSTITUTION,
74 WALNUT STREET .
Discount-Mondays and Thursdays. PETER FRITZ, President. NATHANIEL P. POOR, Treasurer. Directors.
Peter Fritz,
Henry Huber, Jr., Charles Johnson,
Thomas Fletcher,
Thomas P. Roberts,
Samuel Eckstein,
Thomas T. Ash,
John S. Warner,
Charles Barrington,
Morgan Ash,
Matthias Pleis,
Archibald Robertson,
Thomas Hayes.
KENSINGTON SAVINGS INSTITUTION, 435 NORTH SECOND.
JOHN SEXTON, President.
- Capital $150,000. JOHN SANDERS, Treasurer. Trustees.
JONA. ALDEN, Cashier.
John Sanders, John Sexton, Directors.
Howell Hopkins.
John Sexton,
John Sanders,
Samuel T. Bodine,
Thomas Pratt,
Samuel Bonnell,
Howell Hopkins,
Thomas Quintin,
Samuel Browning,
Osmon Reed,
Elijah Tyson,
Elisha R. Johnston,
John Haines,
James Maxwell.
THE MANUFACTURERS' AND MECHANICS' BENEFICIAL SAVINGS INSTITUTION OF THE NORTHERN LIBERTIES.
Office, No. 346 North Second street, below Green street. Capital authorized, $250,000. Shares $25.
WILLIAM BINDER, President. CHARLES LEHMAN, Sec. and Treas, Trustees.
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Caleb Maule, William Binder.
Directors.
Caleb Maule, E. D. Martin,
Henry Deringer, John T. Smith,
Isaac F. Baker, N. Harned,
George Mecke, Daniel Reiff,
John Manderson.
William Binder, George Ireland, A. J. Bucknor, P. Logan,
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CENTRAL SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, 74 SOUTH THIRD STREET.
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Capital $150,000. Shares $25. Discount-Tuesdays. M. C. RALSTON, President. GEORGE VAUX BACON, Treasurer. Directors.
Matthew C. Ralston, James Reeshey,
James Allen,
James P. Moss,
Reese D. Fell,
Jno. L. Fredericks,
, David Hill, Alexander McClurg,
John Leadbeater,
Robert Evans,
George W. Page,
A. G. Quervelle,
Thomas Cook. Trustees. John Moss, David Hill.
Matthew C. Ralston,
PHILADELPHIA CITY SAVINGS INSTITUTION, 99 NORTH SECOND STREET.
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Capital $200,000. Discount-Wednesdays. JOSEPH S. RILEY, President. CHARLES SHAFFER, Treas. JNO. MCCLINTOCK, Cashier. Directors.
Joseph S. Riley,
George W. Tyron, W. P. Hacker,
Charles Shaffer,
Archibald Wright, A. H. Stanton,
John Wright,
John Brock, Francis King,
John S. Leibert, Gideon Leeds, Jno. Brock,
Jacob F. Pleis,
Ebenezer Mustin.
Trustees.
Charles Shaffer, George W. Tryon, Archibald Wright.
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JOHN B. BARRAS, President. WILLIAM HINCKLE, Secretary.
Directors.
John Grace,
Henry Sailor,
James Durnell, John Bosler,
James Robb, George Horier,
Robert Atmore, William Thomas,
Samuel S. Pancoast.
PENNSYLVANIA SAVINGS BANK, SO SOUTH SECOND STREET.
Capital $200,000.
Shares $20.
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Discount-Thursdays.
F. H. DUFFEE, Cashier.
L. W. Ransom,
Samuel Arbuckle,
Samuel C. Horne,
L. W. RANSOM, President. Directors. John S. Fitchett, Wm. H. Fowler, L. Elmes.
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Joseph Dows,
Wm. F. Slaughter,
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John H. Donhert,
Joseph Smith,
Joseph Johns,
PENN TOWNSHIP SAVINGS INSTITUTION, 1 SPRING GARDEN STREET.
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.THE PHILADELPHIA
SAVING FUND SOCIETY. INCORPORATED FEB. 25, A. D: 1819.
OPEN FOR DEPOSITES AND PAYMENTS ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
ONLY,
Between the hours of 9 A. M., and 1 P. M. and 3 and 7 P. M.
OFFICE 66 WALNUT STREET.
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CLEMENT C. BIDDLE, President. Managers.
Thomas Hale,
Richard Peters,
J. J. Vanderkemp,
Lawrence Lewis,
John R. Neff,
Quintin Campbell,
John A. Brown,
Francis R. Wharton,
Francis Gurney Smith,
Samuel Grant,
Thomas H. White,
William Davidson,
William Smith,
Philip H. Nicklin,
John Bacon,
William D. Lewis, Samuel Breck, Condy Raguet,
Horace Binney,
Nathan Dunn,
John S. Riddle,
Thomas C. Rockhill,
Tobias Wagner,
Thomas Dunlap.
E. BRINGHURST, Treasurer.
Interest-Four per cent. per annum.
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THE NORTHERN LIBERTIES,
KENSINGTON AND SPRING GARDEN SAVING FUND SOCIETY.'
INCORPORATED APRIL 8, A. D. 1833.
Open for deposites and payments, on Mondays and Thursdays only, between the hours of 3 and 6 P.M.
OFFICE 339 NORTH THIRD STREET.
ISAAC B. GARRIGUES, President. JONATHAN TOWNSEND, Treasurer.
Managers.
Michael Andress, Franklin Lee,
Jesse Dickenson, Jr.,
George Swope,
John Waters,
William Bruner,
Daniel Clarke, Jacob Coleman,
Henry Remmy, Jr.,
Jacob F. Hœckley, Henry Crilley,
Reuben Jarman,
John Taylor, John Sanders,
Abel Matthias,
Israel E. James, John D. Taylor,
Osmond Reed,
Daniel Fitler,
Michael Day,
Jacob Frick,
Elijah Dallett,
John Agnew,
Daniel Smith,
Isaac B. Garrigues, .
Lawrence Shuster,
Adam Woelpper.
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LOAN COMPANIES.
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· SOUTHERN LOAN COMPANY;
S. W. CORNER SOUTH SECOND AND PINE STREET.
Instituted 1835. Discount-Mondays. JOHN LINDSAY, President. W. W. SMITH, Cashier.
Directors.
Howell Hopkins, N. Le Huray, Jr.,
John Leadbeater, Jr.,
Benjamin Franklin,
David Brown,
George Jeffries,
John Whiteman,
John Lindsay,
Charles Oakford,
Andrew Cochran,
George K. Childs,
Charles W. Bender,
Joseph E. Maull.
MECHANICS' AND TRADESMEN'S
LOAN COMPANY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA,
16 SOUTH SIXTH STREET.
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Chartered 1836. Capital $500,000. PETER WAGER, President. A. E. DOUGHERTY, Cashier. Directors.
Peter Wager, S. Badger,
James McCormack,
George Mcclellan, . D. Boyd, H. Catherwood, S. Dito.
J. K. Hassinger,
W. Badger,
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PHILADELPHIA LOAN COMPANY.
OFFICE 34 WALNUT STREET.
Chartered 1836. Capital $500,000. GEORGE S. SCHOTT, President. T. M. MOORE, Cashier. Directors.
George S. Schott, William Stephens,
Benjamin E. Carpenter,
John F. Ohl,
John R. Walker,
Bartholomew Graves, T. M. Moore,
James Simpson, Benjamin Duncan,
Jesse R. Burden,
Franklin Comly.
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INSURANCE COMPANIES.
FIRE AND MARINE.
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NORTH AMERICA .- Office on the S W corner of Walnut and Dock streets. Chartered 1794. Capital $600,000. Shares $10. Dividends January and July. JOHN C. SMITH, President. ARTHUR G. COFFIN, Secretary.
Directors.
John C. Smith,
Edward Smith,
William Foster,
Alexander Henry,
Matthew L. Bevan,
Samuel Brooks,
John Stillé,
John A. Brown,
Charles Taylor,
Thomas Astley,
John White,
Samuel F. Smith,
Samuel W. Jones,
Thomas P. Cope,
Ambrose White.
MARINE.
PENNSYLVANIA .- Office N E corner of Second and Dock streets.
Chartered 1794. Capital $500,000. Shares $400. Dividends February and August. WILLIAM HARPER, Secretary.
SIMEON TOBY, President.
Directors.
Simeon Toby,
Charles Macalister,
Henry Nixon,
William S. Smith,
Gustavus Colhoun,
Tobias Wagner,
James Schott,
Charles Dixcey,
James Markoe, John B. Budd, John S. Miller,
Charles S. Baker.
John M. Scott,
PHILADELPHIA .- Office S W corner of Second and Walnut streets. Chartered 1804. Capital $250,000. Shares $50. Dividends June and December. CHARLES H. BAKER, President. WILLIAM MILLER, Secretary.
Directors.
Charles H. Baker,
Zachariah Poulson,
James C. Fisher,
John Macalister, Jr.,
William J. Miller,
Charles Perot,
Alexander Elmslie,
Thomas W. Francis,
James C. Fisher, Jr.
UNION .- Office No. 6. Merchants' Exchange. Chartered 1804. Capital $300,000. Shares $60. Dividends January and July. RICHARD S. SMITH, President. . BRITTAIN WHITE, Secretary.
Richard S. Smith, John Bohlen, Charles Graff, William Lynch, John R. Neff,
Directors. Saturnius Destouet,. James Le Fevre, Joseph Hand,
Joseph Dugan,
Richard Willing, Adolphus E. Borie, Timothy M. Bryan, Charles Dutilh.
George B. Reese, Francis Hoskins, Henry S. Baker,
Robert M. Lewis,
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PHOENIX .- Office No. 52 Walnut street.
Chartered 1803. Capital $480,000. Shares $80. Dividends June and December. DAVID LEWIS, President.
JOHN R. WUCHERER, Sec'ry. Directors. Lawrence Lewis, John L. Hodge, William Phillips,
David Lewis, Paul Beck, Jr.,
John Goddard,
Robert Toland, Adolphus Peries, Thomas C. Rockhill.
MARINE .- Office No. 50 Walnut street.
Chartered 1809.
Capital $300,000. Shares $60. Dividends January and July.
JACOB SULGER, Jr., President. JOHN RUTHERFORD, Jr., Sec'ry. Directors.
Jacob Sulger, Jr., John Latour,
James Paul,
Samuel N. Lewis, Benjamin Chew,
Patrick Hayes, 4
Elihu Chauncey,
Jonathan K. Hassinger,
Alexander Benson,
Isaac W. Norris,
Erskine Hazard,
John Darrieux.
John B. Newman,
DELAWARE .- Office 3 Merchants' Exchange.
Chartered 1804.
Capital $200,000. Shares $40. Dividends June and December.
JOSHUA EMLEN, President.
JOHN DONNALDSON, Sec'ry.
Directors.
Joshua Emlen,
Isaac Harvey, Jr.,
Thomas G. Hollingsworth, Jacob B. Clement,
William M'Faden, Joshua Longstreth,
Samuel Keith,
Joseph R. Evans,
John W. Odenheimer,
Benjamin Jones,
William Boyd,
John Devereux,
John Cook,
George F. Randolph,
Frederick Fraley.
UNITED STATES .- Office 5 Merchants' Exchange. Chartered 1810. Capital $200,000. Shares $25. Dividends June and December. WILLIAM YOUNG, President. A. G. SALIGNAC, Sec'ry. Directors.
Wm. Young,
Henry Toland,
Francis R. Wharton,
Wm. M. Walmsley,
John Diamond,
Joseph Cabot, John Stewart, Joseph Swift, Wm. P. Blight,
Wm. M.Kee, H. Pratt M'Kean, Gideon Scull, Clement B. Barclay.
ATLANTIC .- Office No. 4, Merchants' Exchange. Chartered 1825. Capital $300,000. Shares $60. Dividends January and July. CONDY RAGUET, President. HENRY D. SHERRERD, Sec'ry.
Condy Raguet, Daniel W. Coxe, Charles Massey, Jr., Jacob S. Waln, . Joseph Gratz,
Directors. Jacob R. Smith, Richard Oakford, William Platt, J. B. M'Ilvaine,
P. L. Laguerenne,
Charles Vezin,
Robert Ralston,
Washington Jackson.
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AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY .- Office N E corner Merchants' Exchange. Chartered 1831. Capital $200,000. Shares $50. Dividends January and July. WILLIAM CRAIG, President.
F. DUSAR, Sec'ry.
Directors.
William Craig, Wm. G. Alexander, Andrew C. Barclay, Elijah Dallett,
Joseph M. Moss, John Knox, M. E. Israel,
Pearson Serrill, Stephen Baldwin, F. W. Hubbell.
FIRE.
- MUTUAL ASSURANCE .- Office No. 54 Walnut Street. Chartered 1786.
JAMES C. FISHER, President.
LAWRENCE LEWIS, Secretary and Treasurer.
Trustees.
James C. Fisher,
Charles Graff,
John K. Kane,
Thomas Hale,
Robert Toland,
Robert M. Lewis,
Henry Nixon,
Richard Willing, Thomas Biddle,
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George M'Callmont,
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Edward S. Burd,
Thomas C. Rockhill.
Joseph Dugan,
AMERICAN .- Office No. 101 Chestnut st. Chartered 1810. Capital $500,000. All paid in. WILLIAM DAVIDSON, President.
William Davidson, Manuel Eyre, William Lynch,
Directors. John Sergeant, Henry White, Timothy Abbott,
John J. Vanderkemp,
Thomas Allibone.
PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE .- Office 134 Walnut street. Chartered 1825. Capital $400,000. Charter perpetual.
JONATHAN SMITH, President. « BEATON SMITH, Secretary.
Directors.
Jonathan Smith, Paul Beck Jr., Robert A. Caldcleugh,
William Boyd, Thomas Kittera, Quintin Campbell,
Alexander Benson,
Jonathan K. Hassinger,
William Montelius.
JOHN BACON, Secretary.
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FRANKLIN .- Office 163} Chestnut street. Chartered 1829. Capital 400,000. Shares $100. CHARLES N. BANCKER, President. CHARLES G. BANCKER, Secretary.
Directors.
Charles N. Bancker,
Thomas J. Wharton,
Frederick Brown,
James Schott,
Tobias Wagner,
Thomas Hart,
Samuel Grant,
George W. Richards, Jacob R. Smith.
Mordecai D. Lewis,
PHILADELPHIA CONTRIBUTIONSHIP FOR THE INSURANCE OF HOUSES FROM LOSS BY FIRE .- No. 96 S Fourth street. . Chartered 1753. EDWARD PENINGTON, Treasurer.
Directors.
Zachariah Poulson,
Joseph Price,
William Abbott,
Joseph Watson,
Joshua Longstreth,
William H. Hart,
Thomas Morris,
Horace Binney,
William Smith,
Benjamin R. Morgan,
Samuel W. Lewis,
Lewis Waln.
FIRE ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA .- Office No. 35 N 5th, between High and Mulberry streets.
Instituted on the 15th of September, 1817, for the purpose of insuring houses from loss or damage by fire in the City and County of Philadelphia. Incorporated March 27th, 1820. Re-incorporated April 3d, 1833.
GEORGE W. TRYON, President.
Trustees. Horatio G. Rowley,
Charles Schaffer,
George Esler,
Benjamin P. Smith, William H. Hamilton,
George W. Tryon,
Joshua Stokes, George K. Childs,
Peter A. Keyser,
William Warner,
Howe Keith.
John Allen,
Delegates by whom the companies composing the Association are represented in the Board. PHILIP GARRETT, President, ANDREW BUTLER, Secretary, ALEXANDER HENRY, Vice-President, JESSE OGDEN, Treasurer.
COUNTY FIRE .- Office 248 N 3d street. Charter perpetual. Dividends January and July. AUGUSTINE STEVENSON, President. JACOB F. HOECKLEY, Secretary.
Augustin Stevenson, Samuel Williams, Robert V. Massey, Henry Crilly,
Directors.
Joseph Reakirt, Samuel Bonnell, Osmon Reed,
Charles Elliott,
Michael M'Gill,
John Taylor.
Israel Roberts,
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SOUTHWARK FIRE INSURANCE .- Office No. 257 S 2d street Chartered 1834. Perpetual. Capital authorized by law, $400,000. Dividends January and July.
WILLIAM G. ALEXANDER, President. SAMUEL H. TRANER, Secretary.
Directors.
William G. Alexander, G. M. Hickling, John J. Krider,
Joseph Solms,
F. A. Raybold,
Levi Taylor,
Peter Williamson, Thomas Taylor.
SPRING GARDEN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY .- Office N W corner Sixth and Wood.
Incorporated 1835. Capital $400,000. Shares $50. Dividends January and July. JACOB ALTER, President. SAMUEL HART, Secretary.
Directors.
Jacob Alter,
Morton M'Michael,
Samuel Hutchinson,
Joseph Wood, Charles W. Schreiner,
Joseph Johns, Elijah Dallett,
Joseph J. Sharpless, Geo. M. Troutman.
Archibald Wright, P. L. Laguerenne,
PHILADELPHIA FIRE AND INLAND NAVIGATION INSURANCE COMPANY. Office N W Third and Walnut. Incorporated 1835.
JESSE R. BURDEN, President. SAMUEL G. WALKER, Secretary.
J. R. Burden,
Directors. James M'Cormack,
J. B. Sutherland, John Moss,
J. K. Hassinger,
Cheyney Hickman,
William A. Martin, M. E. Israel, Edward King,
DELAWARE COUNTY INSURANCE COMPANY. PHILADELPHIA AGENCY. Office at Chester, Del. Co. Pa., and 36 Walnut street, Phila. Capital $250,000. GEORGE SERRELL, President. WILLIAM MARTIN, Secretary. J. M. WRIGHT, Agent at Philadelphia.
Directors.
George Serrill, Samuel M. Leiper, )
John H. Diehl,
Phila.
John P. Crozer, . John S. Crosby,
>Del. Co.
Samson Tams, S
Joshua P. Eyre, Samuel Edwards,
Charles Edwards,
WASHINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY .- Office 48 Walnut street. , CHARLES S. RICHE, President. L. KIMBALL, Secretary.
Directors. .
John M'Crea, J. Palmer, Charles Blight, John C. Da Costa, Charles King, David Dorrance, B. S. Burling,
Edward Gratz,
Charles S. Riché,
Morgan Ash, Wade T. Smith, Isaac Loyd, Jr., Charles Rugan.
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J. Heyberger.
Charles Rizer,
Robert Coburn,
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THE PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY FOR INSURANCES ON LIVES AND GRANTING ANNUITIES .- Office 72 South Third street.
Chartered 1812. Perpetual. Capital $500,000. Shares $100. Dividends January and July.
HYMAN GRATZ, President. SEARS C. WALKER, Actuary.
Directors.
Hyman Gratz,
William Parker,
John Moss,
Charles Taylor,
Charles Dutilh, J. K. Mitchell, M. D.
THE GIRARD LIFE INSURANCE, ANNUITY AND TRUST COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA .- Office No. 159 Chestnut street.
Incorporated 1836. Capital $300,000. Charter perpetual.
B. W. RICHARDS, President. GEORGE W. ASH, Treasurer.
JOHN F. JAMES, Actuary.
: Managers.
B. W. Richards,
Frederick Brown,
Thomas Ridgway,
Timothy Abbott,
David Williamson,
Peter Hertzog, Armon Davis,
John J. Smith, Jr.,
Robert Toland,
Robert Pearsall.
Samuel Wagner, (York, Pa.) George Handy,
PHILADELPHIA, WILMINGTON AND BALTIMORE RAIL ROAD COMPANY.
MATTHEW NEWKIRK, President. JACOB S. COHEN Jr., Vice President. ALLAN THOMSON, Treasurer. AUBREY H. SMITH, Assistant Treasurer.
J. WILSON WALLACE, Secretary. WILLIAM P. BROBSON, Assistant Secretary.
Directors.
Matthew Newkirk,
David C. Wilson,
Jacob J. Cohen, Jr.,
John M'Kim, Jr.,
John Connell, Wm. Chandler, Wilmington, William A. Patterson,
John Hemphill, of Phila.,
James Price, Charles F. Mayer,
Thomas Smith, Delaware Co., James Canby,
James Swan, of Baltimore.
PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM COMPANY.
NATHAN DUNN, President, J. J. SMITH, JR., Secretary and Treasurer. Directors.
Nathan Dunn,
J. Cowperthwaite,
J. K. Kane,
W. D. Lewis, J. J. Smith, Jr.,
R. M. Patterson,
Isaac Elliott,
Franklin Peale,
G. E. Sellers.
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John Bohlen, Elihu Chauncey,
Matthew C. Ralston,
John B. Newman,
Henry J. Williams,
Samuel F. Smith,
William D. Lewis,
James A. Bayard,
Joseph Burden, John R. Latimer, 1
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Philadelphia Association for the Relief of Disabled Firemen.
CHARLES SCHAFFER, President. GEORGE W. TRYON, Vice-President. H. G. ROWLEY, Treasurer. SAMUEL P. GRIFFITTS, JR., Secretary. JOHN RUTHERFORD, JR., Assistant Secretary.
Trustees.
Charles Schaffer, George W. Tryon, M. L. Gordon, Joseph Reakirt,
E. A. Souder, J. B. Andrews, John Allen,
John Rutherford, Jr., Alexander Henry,
Joseph R. Paulson, Adam Dialogue,
George R. Childs,
H. G. Rowley, Benjamin Matthias, Samuel P. Griffitts, Jr.,
Benjamin Camm, Peter C. Ellmaker,
Wm. P. Smith,
James Dalzell,
Andrew Butler, Jacob Esher.
COMMITTEE OF RELIEF.
Wm. P. Smith, Jacob Esher, Adam Dialogue,
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John Allen,
Joseph R. Paulson,
James Dalzell.
BOARD OF HEALTH, 1838-39.
CITY .- Joseph W. Ryers, No. 223 Walnut street. James Hutchinson, No. 58 South Twelfth street.
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