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Merchants' Bank, New Orleans .- JOHN MINTURN, President. Mobile .- H. BARNEY.
Washington City .- R. SMITH, Agent.
Offices of Discount and Deposit.
Pittsburg .- W. H. DENNY, Cashier.
New Brighton, Beaver County .- S. F. VAN BONNHORST, Cashier.
Erie .- P. BENSON, Cashier.
BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA, Incorporated March 30th, 1793. Capital $2,500,000. Shares $400. Dividends declared on the first Wednesdays in January and July. Discount-Wednesdays and Saturdays. JOSEPH P. NORRIS, President. JOSEPH TROTTER, Cashier.
J. P. Norris,
Samuel C. Morton, John Farnum, Jacob Ridgway,
Charles Chauncey,
Jacob R. Smith,
John White.
Charles Penrose,
Mordecai D. Lewis. Wm. J. Leiper.
By the State.
James Bingham, David Miller,
Thomas Linford, A. R. Broadhead.
Branches.
Harrisburg .- JOHN M. FOSTER, President. Lancaster .- ADAM REIGART, President. Reading .- GEORGE D. B. KEIM, President. Easton .- PETER MICHLER, President.
JAMES LESLIE, Cashier. H. R. READ, Cashier. JOHN M.KNIGHT, Cashier. PHILIP H. MATTES, Cashier.
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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.
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Directors. Gideon Scull, Geo. N. Baker,
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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, Cushicr. 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.
Joseph R. Evans. By the State.
Wm. G. Cochran, Daniel M. Keim, Wm. H. Spackman, B. C. Cooper. Discount-Mondays and Thursdays .- EDWARD HURST, Notary.
GIRARD BANK, South Third street, below Chestnut, (West side.) Chartered 1822-Extended, and Capital increased, 1836. Capital $5,000,000, all paid. Discount-Mondays and Thursdays.
CHARLES S. BOKER, President. W. D. LEWIS, Cashier.
Directors.
Charles S. Boker,
David S. Brown,
George Pepper,
John R. Vogdes,
James S. Newbold,
Charles Humphreys,
Henry Welsh,
Benjamin S Burling,
Stephen Baldwin,
Johnston M'Lanahan,
William H. Hart,
George A. Graham,
Henry J. Boller.
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,
Singleton A. Mercer,
A. E. Borie, J. C. Farr, Robert Howell,
John Tucker,
Godfrey Weber,
Joseph S Lovering,
Edwin M. Lewis,
H. G. FREEMAN, Notary.
SCHUYLKILL BANK, S. E. Sixth and High. Chartered 1814. Capital $1,000,000. JOHN PRICE WETHERILL, President. Directors. Samuel J. Henderson, John M.Cawley,
John Price Wetherill,
Jacob L. Sharpe, Daniel Deal,
George W. Carpenter,
William Yardley, Jr.,
Hugh Catherwood, Elihu Pickering, George Abbott,
Stacy B. Barcroft,
Henry Farnum, Seth Craige, Isaac Robinson Smith,
Thomas Wood.
Thos. Bowman. GEORGE HEYL, Notary.
Election, First Monday in November. BRANCH-PORT CARBON, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY.
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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 Thursdays.
JOHN RICHARDSON, President.
Directors.
John Richardson, Joseph P. Hornor,
John M. Atwood,
Thomas Robins,
Edward Yarnall,
Coleman Fisher,
A. J. Lewis,
William W. Keen,
Thomas Allibone, James N. Dickson, Thomas M. Smith. GEORGE HEYL, Notary.
MECHANICS' BANK, OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA, South Third street below High, (West side.)
JOSEPH B. MITCHELL, President.
Chartered 1814. Capital $1,400,000. Discount-Tuesdays and Fridays. WM. THAW, Cashier.
Joseph B. Mitchell,
Directors. Joseph 'T. Mather, John Dalzell,
Clem. Tingley,
C. S. Wurts,
James L. Newman,
Edmund Wilcox,
Abner Davis,
Wm. M. Collins,
William R. Thompson,
Stetson Lobdell,
Jacob Lex,
GEORGE HEYL, Notary.
COMMERCIAL BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA, High street, between Second and Third, (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.
James Dundas,
David R. Sergeant, Daniel Haddock, Jr.,
Robert S. Johnson,
Directors. Samuel Brooks, Levi Taylor,
Jacob M. Thomas, George Fales,
William Lynch,
John Hasseltine,
Caleb P. Wayne,
Wm. Wilson,
Joseph Ely. GEORGE HEYL, Notary.
BANK OF THE NORTHERN LIBERTIES, North side of Vine, near North Third.
Chartered 1813. Capital $500,000. Discount-Tuesdays and Fridays. R. L. PITFIELD, President.
S. W. CALDWELL, Cashier.
Robert L. Pitfield,
Jonathan Knight, Joshua Lippencott, Isaac W. Norris, John Naglee,
Directors. Michael Magrath,
George Gorgas,
Thomas Hart,
John Taylor,
Isaac Koons,
David Kirkpatrick,
Joseph R. Jenks, Andrew C. Barclay, Samuel Grant,
John Patterson. JOHN GOODMAN, Notary.
Wm. Dulty.
J. CORREY, Cashier.
John B. Budd,
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MANUFACTURERS' AND MECHANICS' BANK, N. L. North-west corner of Vine and North Third. Capital $600,000. Discount-Tuesdays and Fridays.
Chartered 1832.
THOMAS H. CRAIGE, President. Directors.
JAMES HUNT, Cashier.
Thomas H. Craige,
Joseph Reakirt,
John Horn, James Russell,
Elisha Wells,
Michael M'Gill,
Bernard M&Cready,
Jacob Coleman,
Robert V. Massey,
Oliver Parry
Wm. B. Hart,
H. G. FREEMAN, Notary.
WESTERN BANK, High, above Ninth, South side. Capital $500,000. Discount-Tuesdays and Fridays.
BRITTAIN COOPER, President.
GEORGE M. TROUTMAN, Cashier.
Directors.
Brittain Cooper,
William Camm,
William Esher,
Lewis Ryan,
Thomas I. Perkins,
John Bouvier,
Joseph Yeager,
Thomas Stewart,
Lewis M. Troutman, Mahlon Hutchinson, John Cooper,
Joseph Patterson. 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.
Joseph Solms,
George Miller,
Robert O'Neill, John Devereux,
John Gegan, Charles Marquedant,
Frederick A. Raybold,
Joseph B. Conover,
George Sayen,
Paul Thurlo,
Edwin Coolidge,
Charles Rizer,
Jonas Bowman.
EDWARD HURST, Notary.
Chartered 1826.
BANK OF PENN TOWNSHIP, North-west corner Sixth and Vine streets. Capital $250,000. Discount-Wednesdays and Saturdays.
ELIJAH DALLETT, President.
JACOB FRICK, Cashier.
Elijah Dallett, Joseph H. Seal, Daniel Bray, Abraham S. See,
Directors. Isaac B. Garrigues, Thomas Scattergood, Benjamin Davis, Samuel C. Spackman,
Daniel B. Hinman, Allen R. Reeves, John D. Ninesteel.
JOHN GOODMAN, Notary.
Chartered 1832.
H. L. Carson.
Jacob F. Hæckley,
JNO. M. HOUSTON, Cashier.
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325 1 SOUTHWARK BANK, South Second street, below Cedar, ( West side.) Capital $250,000.
Chartered 1825.
Discount-Mondays and Thursdays.
T. SPARKS, President. JOSEPH S. SMITHI, Cashier.
Directors.
Thomas Sparks, D. Henry Flickwir,
Lewis Clark,
Jno. L. Ferguson,
Edward C. Knight,
Peter Williamson,
Robert Burton, Joseph Atkinson,
John Baker,
Hugh O'Donnell,
James Spencer,
Thomas Mercer.
JOHN OAKFORD, 61 George, (S.,) Notary.
KENSINGTON BANK, Re-chartered for 15 years from November 1836. Capital $250,000. Discount-Tuesdays and Fridays.
JONATHAN WAINWRIGHT, President.
CHARLES KEEN, Cashier.
Directors.
Jonathan Wainwright,
John M. Brown,
Andrew M'Bride,
James Keen,
George Landell,
Benjamin Naglee,
Samuel Magarge,
Michael Day,
John Sexton,
Henry Crilly,
John E. Keen, John Vaughn,
Thomas Darlington, Chester county. ISAAC BOILEAU, Notary.
STATE BANK AT CAMDEN, N. J.
Office, 12 Church alley, Philadelphia.
Chartered 1812. Capital $300,000. Discount-Wednesdays and Saturdays.
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RICHARD M. COOPER, President.
ROBERT W. OGDEN, Cashier.
Directors.
Richard M. Cooper, John Buck,
Joseph W. Cooper, Joseph R. Parry, Isaac Hewlings.
Samuel C. Champion,
R. K. Matlack,
PHILADELPHIA.
James Good, Joshua Lippincot,
Elijah Dallett, jr.,
John M. Taylor,
John Oliver Boyd,
Benjamin Jones.
Notary-J. W. PETERSON, Camden, N. J.
CENTRAL SAVINGS INSTITUTION, 74 South Third street.
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ARTEMON HILL, President.
GEORGE V. BACON, Treasurer.
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RAIL ROAD, COAL, AND CANAL COMPANIES.
LEHIGH COAL & NAVIGATION COMPANY Office 72 South Second street.
Joseph Watson, President. Edwin Walter, Secretary. Otis Ammidon, Treasurer.
SCHUYLKILL NAVIGATION COMPANY, Office German Hall.
Joshua Lippincott, President. Claudius Har- per, Secretary. Claudius Harper, Treasurer. UNION CANAL COMPANY, Office 6 Carpenter's Court.
James Clark, President. T. P. Roberts, Trea- surer. Capital, 847,600 dollars.
CAMDEN AND AMBOY RAIL ROAD AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Office 6 Walnut street
Robert L. Stevens, President. Geo. Jenkins,
Secretary. Edwin A. Stevens, Treasurer.
CHESAPEAKE AND DELAWARE CANAL, Office 42 Walnut street.
C. Newbold, Jr., President. Peter Lesley, Secretary and Treasurer.
SUMMIT COAL COMPANY. Office 57 South Third street.
John Livezy, President. Jason L. Fenni- more, Secretary and Treasurer.
KENSINGTON AND PENN TOWNSHIP RAILROAD, Office 74 South Third street.
NORTHERN LIBERTY AND PENN TOWN- SHIP RAILROAD. Office 348 North Fifth street.
PENNSYLVANIA CANAL OFFICE, Office Carpenter's Court. DANVILLE AND POTTSVILLE RAIL ROAD COMPANY,
Office 5 Bank Place (Chestnut Street.)
Benjamin W. Richards, President. Samuel H. Carpenter, Treasurer. Capital, 500,000 dol- lars.
LITTLE SCHUYLKILL AND SUSQUE- HANNA RAIL ROAD COMPANY, Office No. 7 South Fifth street. John C. Montgomery, President. Thomas Hayes, Secretary. Thomas Hayes, Treasurer. Capital, 2,000,000 dollars.
MOUNT CARBON RAIL ROAD COMPANY, Office No. 117 South Third street.
John White, President. James C. Donnell, Se- cretary. Capital, 100,000 dollars.
PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAIL ROAD COMPANY, Office No. 59 South Third street. Elihu Chauncey, President. Samuel Brad- ford, Secretary. Samuel Bradford, Treasurer. PHILADELPHIA, WILMINGTON AND BALTIMORE RAIL ROAD COMPANY, Office No. 48 South Fourth street.
Matthew Newkirk, President. Jacob J. Co- hen, jr. Vice President. J. Wilson Wallace, Secretary. Allan Thomson, Treasurer. Aubrey H. Smith, Assistant Treasurer.
PHILADELPHIA AND TRENTON RAIL ROAD COMPANY,
Office corner of Third and Willow streets. John Naglee, President. James Morrell, Se- cretary. John Naglee, Treasurer. SUNBURY AND ERIE RAIL ROAD COMPANY,
Office in the Philadelphia Exchange.
Nicholas Biddle, President. William B. Reed, Secretary. Job Bacon, Treasurer. WEST PHILADELPHIA RAIL ROAD, Office West Philadelphia.
WILLIAMSPORT AND ELMIRA RAIL ROAD COMPANY, Office No. 103 South Front street. Jacob L'ex, President. James F. Cottringer, Secretary. James F. Cottringer, Treasurer. DELAWARE COAL COMPANY, Office 117 S Third street. John White, President. Charles S. Williams, Secretary. Capital, 300,000 dollars.
LITTLE SCHUYLKILL NAVIGATION RAIL ROAD AND COAL COMPANY, No. 59 South Third street.
Edwin Swift, President. Samuel Bradford, Secretary. Samuel Bradford, Treasurer. BEAVER MEADOW RAIL ROAD AND COAL COMPANY, Office No. 36 Walnut street.
Robert Pearsall, President. John M'Clintock, Secretary & Treasurer. Capital, 800,000 dollars. NORRISTOWN AND GERMANTOWN RAIL ROAD COMPANY,
Office corner of Ninth and Green streets. John G. Watmough, President. Lewis Cor- mick, Secretary. Robert T. Stephens, Treasurer BUCK MOUNTAIN COAL COMPANY, Office No. 86 South Third street. Wm. Richardson, President. Jacob T. Bunt- ing, Secretary and Treasurer. HAZLETON COAL COMPANY,
S. E. corner of Walnut and Second streets. Samuel Moore, President. P. A. Reading, Secretary. Henry M. Prevost, Treasurer. Capi- tal, 400,000 dollars.
SUGAR LOAF COMPANY, Office No. 56 Walnut street.
John L. Newbold, President. D. Trotter, Se- cretary. D. Trotter, Treasurer. TIOGA NAVIGATION COMPANY, Office 16 Merchants' Exchange.
James R. Wilson, President. TOWANDA RAIL ROAD AND COAL COMPANY, Office No. 58 Walnut street.
William L. Newbold, President. MINE HILL AND SCHUYLKILL HAVEN RAIL ROAD COMPANY, Office Hall of the Franklin Institute.
James Dundas, President. John H. Cresson, Secretary. John H. Cresson, Treasurer.
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SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS.
KENSINGTON SAVINGS INSTITUTION. 435 North Second street.
JOHN SEXTON, Pres't.
CAPITAL $150,000. SAMUEL T'. BODINE, Treas. Trustees.
JONA. ALDEN, Cashier.
Osmon Reed, John Sexton, Directors. William Worrell, Samuel Bonnell,
Samuel T. Bodine,
Joseph R. Dickson, Elijah Tyson,
Samuel Browning,
Howell Hopkins, Osmond Reed,
John Haines,
MANUFACTURERS' AND MECHANIOS' 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.
William Binder.
Caleb Maule, Directors. Caleb Maule, E. D. Martin,
William Binder, George Ireland,
Henry Deringer, John T. Smith,
Isaac F. Baker, John Kohler,
A. J. Bucknor, C. Lehman,
George Mecke, Daniel Reiff,
John Manderson.
THE PHILADELPHIA SAVING FUND SOCIETY. Incorporated February 25, 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, Walnut street, above Third.
CLEMENT C. BIDDLE, President. GEORGE GREINER, Treasurer.
J. J. Vanderkemp, Lawrence Lewis, John R. Neff, Quintin Campbell, John A. Brown,
Francis Gurney Smith, Samuel Grant,
Managers. Thomas H. White,
Condy Raguet,
William Davidson,
Tobias Wagner,
William Smith,
Philip H. Nicklin,
Charles Vezin, George Campbell,
Lewis Waln, Jacob R. Smith.
John Bacon, Nathan Dunn, Thomas C. Rockhill, Interest-Four per cent. per annum.
Elisha R. Johnston, James Marsh.
Howell Hopkins.
John Sexton, Thomas Pratt,
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THE NORTHERN LIBERTIES, KENSINGTON AND SPRING GARDEN SAVING FUND SOCIETY. Incorporated April S, A. D. 1883. 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. SAMUEL MYERS, Treasurer.
Managers.
Michael Andress,
Franklin Lee,
William Bruner,
George Swope,
John Waters,
Henry Remmy, Jr.,
Daniel Clarke,
Jacob Coleman,
Reuben Jarman,
Jacob F. Hockley,
Henry Crilly,
Abel Matthias,
John Taylor,
John D. Taylor,
Osmond Reed,
Israel E. James,
Michael Day,
Jacob Frick,
Elijah Dallett,
John Agnew,
Daniel Smith.
Isaac B. Garrigues,
Jesse Dickenson, Jr.,
INSURANCE COMPANIES. FIRE AND MARINE.
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,
John A. Brown,
Samuel F. Smith,
Alexander Henry,
John White,
Ambrose White,
Samuel W. Jones,
Thomas P. Cope,
Jacob M. Thomas,
Edward Smith,
Samuel Brooks,
John R. Neff,
Matthew L. Bevan,
Charles Taylor,
Richard D. Wood.
MARINE. INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Office N. E. corner of Second and Dock streets. Chartered 1794. Capital $500,000. Shares $400. Dividends February and August. SIMEON TOBY, President. WILLIAM HARPER, Secretary.
Directors.
Simeon Toby,
Tobias Wagner,
James Cox,
Gustavus Colhoun, James Markoe,
Peter Bonsquet,
John M. Scott,
John B. Budd,
George Trott, Jr.,
Charles Macalister,
Charles S. Boker,
John Stewart.
William S. Smith,
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 BOLLER, Secretary. Directors.
Charles H. Baker, Charles Perot,
James C. Fisher,
Alexander Elmslie, Thomas W. Francis,
Robert M. Lewis,
Zachariah Poulson,
John Macalister, Jr.,
George B. Reese, Francis Hoskins,
Richard P. Lardner,
Joseph Porot,
John H. Wicht.
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UNION .- Office No. 6 Merchants' Exchange.
Chartered 1804. Capital $300,000.
Shares $60. Dividends January and July. RICHARD S. SMITH, President. GEORGE LEWIS, Secretary.
Richard S. Smith,
John Bohlen,
Charles Graff,
Joseph Hand,
William Lynch,
Joseph Dugan,
Richard Willing, Adolphus E. Borie, Timothy M. Bryan, Charles Dutilh.
PHOENIX .- Office No. 52 Walnut street.
Chartered 1803.
Capital $480,000. Shares $80. Dividends June and December.
JOHN R WUCHERER, President.
DAVID LEWIS, Secretary.
John R, Wucherer,
John Goddard,
Lawrence Lewis,
Robert Toland,
Adolphus Peries, Thomas C. Rockhill, Alex. Symington.
MARINE .- Office No. 50 Walnut street.
Chartered 1809.
Capital $300,000. Shares $60. Dividends January and July.
JACOB SULGER, Jr., President. JOHN RUTHERFORD, Jr., Secretary.
Directors.
Jacob Sulger, Jr.,
Samuel N. Lewis,
Elihu Chauncey,
Erskine Hazard,
Isaac W. Norris,
Patrick Hayes,
Alexander Benson, John Darrieux, Jos. B. Smith,
John Farr.
John B. Newman,
DELAWARE .- Office 3 Merchants' Exchange.
Chartered 1804. Capital $200,000. Shares $40. Dividends June and December. JOSHUA EMLEN, President. JOHN DONNALDSON, Secretary.
Joshua Emlen,
Samuel Keith,
Joseph R. Evans,
John W. Odenheimer, John Devereux,
Benjamin Jones, John Cook,
George F. Randolph,
Frederick Fraley,
Isaac Harvey, Jr.,
Thomas G. Hollingsworth,
Edmund Wilcox.
UNITED STATES .- Office 5 Merchants' Exchange. Chartered 1810. Capital $200,000. Shares $25. Dividends June and December. WILLIAM YOUNG, President. A. G. SALIGNAC, Secretary.
Wm. Young, Henry Toland, Joseph Cabot, Wm. P. Blight,
Directors. Wm. M.Kee, H. Pratt M'Kean, Gideon Scull, Clement B. Barclay, Edward W. Robinson.
John S. Riddle, Thos. Wickersham, John M&Crea, Jr., Nicholas Hopkins,
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Directors. Saturnins Destouett, James Le Fevre,
Francis Tete,
Directors. John L. Hodge, William Phillips,
John Latour,
Benjamin Chew,
Directors. Joshua Longstreth,
Jacob B. Clement,
William Boyd,
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ATLANTIC .- Office No. 4 Merchants' Exchange. Chartered 1825. Capital $300,000. Shares $60. Dividends January and July. CONDY RAGUET, President. HENRY D. SHERRERD, Secretary.
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.
AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY .- Office N. E. corner Merchants' Exchange. Chartered 1831. Capital $200,000. Shares $50. Dividends January and July. WILLIAM CRAIG, President. JOSHUA P. HAVEN, Secretary.
Directors.
William Craig, Andrew C Barclay,
Elijah Dallet, Joseph M. Moss,
A. J. Lewis,
Pearson Serrill,
Stephen Baldwin,
S. A. Lewis,
Thomas Allibone,
J. Palmer.
FIRE.
MUTUAL ASSURANCE .- Office No. 54 Walnut street. Chartered 1786. LAWRENCE LEWIS, Secretary and Treasurer. Trustees. Robert Toland, J. J. Vanderkemp, Thomas Biddle,
RICHARD WILLING, President.
Richard Willing, Thomas Hale,
Robert M. Lewis, George M'Callmont,
Thomas C. Rockhill,
George Cadwalader,
J. K. Mitchell, M. D.
James C. Fisher, Jr.,
John J. Ridgway.
Joseph Dugan,
AMERICAN .- Office No. 72 Walnut. Chartered 1810. Capital $500,000. All paid in. WILLIAM DAVIDSON, President. FREDERICK FRALEY, Secretary .. Directors. John Sergeant, Caleb Cope, Richard Price, Joseph R. Massey, Timothy Abbott, Thomas Allibone, James Hutchinson, Surveyor.
William Davidson, Manuel Eyre, William Lynch,
PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE .- Office 134 Walnut street. Chartered 1825. Capital $400,000. Charter perpetual. QUINTIN CAMPBELL, President. BEATON SMITH, Secretary.
Quintin Campbell, Paul Beck, Jr., Robert A. Caldcleugh,
Directors. William Boyd, Alexander Benson, William Montelius,
James Le Fevre,
Isaac Hazlehurst,
Thos. Robins.
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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, James Schott,
Tobias Wagner, Samuel Grant,
Frederick Brown,
George W. Richards,
Thomas Hart,
Mordecai D. Lewis,
Jacob R. Smith.
PHILADELPHIA CONTRIBUTIONSHIP FOR THE INSURANCE OF HOUSES FROM LOSS BY FIRE .- No. 96 South Fourth street. Chartered 1752. EDWARD PENNINGTON, Treasurer.
Directors.
Zachariah Poulson, Joseph Watson,
Joseph Price,
Samuel N. Lewis,
Joshua Longstreth,
William H. Hart,
Thomas Morris,
Horace Binney, Lewis Waln.
William Smith,
FIRE ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA .- Office No. 34 North Fifth street, between High and Mulberry. 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.
ANDREW BUTLER, Sec'y. and Treasurer.
Trustees.
Israel Roberts, George Esler,
Benjamin P. Smith,
George W. Tryon,
Joshua Stokes, Howe Keith,
Peter A. Keyser.
COUNTY FIRE .- Office 248 North Third street. Charter perpetual. Dividends January and July.
AUGUSTINE STEVENSON, President. JACOB F. HOECKLY, Secretary.
Directors.
Augustine Stevenson, Samuel Williams, Robert V. Massey, Henry Crilly,
John Allen,
George K. Childs,
Charles Schaeffer, William H. Hamilton,
William Warner,
Joseph Reakirt, Samuel Bonnell, John Taylor,
Osmond Reed,
Charles Elliott, Michael M'Gill.
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Thomas I. Wharton,
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SOUTHWARK FIRE INSURANCE .- Office No. 103 Walnut street. Chartered 1834. Perpetual. Capital authorized by law, $400,000. Dividends, Janu- ary and July.
G. M. Hickling, Joseph Solms,
F. A. Raybold,
John J. Krider,
SPRING GARDEN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY .- Office N. W. corner Sixth and Wood. Incorporated 1835. Capital $400,000. Shares $50. Dividends January and July. MORTON M'MICHAEL, President. LEWIS KRUMBHAAR, Secretary.
Directors.
Morton M.Michael,
Charles W. Schreiner,
Geo. M. Troutman,
Joseph Wood, Elijah Dallett,
Samuel Townsend,
Archibald Wright,
P. L. Laguerenne,
Robert L. Loughead.
R. W. Pomeroy,
Charles Stokes,
PHILADELPHIA FIRE & INLAND NAVIGATION INSURANCE COMPANY. Office N. W. Third and Walnut.
Incorporated 1835.
JESSE R. BURDEN, President. SAMUEL G. WALKER, Secretary.
Directors.
J. R. Burden,
Jacob Coleman,
Jos. B. Smith,
J. B. Sutherland,
Robert T. Conrad, John White,
James M'Cormack,
William A. Martin, James M'Clintock.
John Moss,
THE DELAWARE COUNTY INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital authorized by law, $250,000. Office S. E. Third and Dock. GEO. SERRILL, President. WM. MARTIN, Secretary.
Directors.
William Folwell, Philada. Wm. Eyre, Jr. Del. Co.
John Cochran, Del. Co.
Joseph H. Seal, do. Geo. S. Leiper, do. Henry Lawrence, do.
Samuel Edwards, Del. Co. Charles Kelly, do. George Serrill, do.
WASHINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY .- Office 48 Walnut street. Capital $200,000.
CHARLES S. RICHE, President, L. KIMBALL, Secretary.
Charles S. Richie, John C. Da Costa, Edward Gratz, Charles King, B. S. Burling,
Directors. H. Ellmaker, Samuel Snelling, John Dallett, Wade T. Smith,
Isaac Loyd, Jr. Charles Rugan, S. Morris Waln, Wm. S. Neilson.
GEORGE M. HICKLING, President. SAMUEL H. TRANER, Secretary. Directors. Charles Rizer, Peter Williamson, John B. Newman, Levi Taylor, Robert Coburn, William S. Neilson.
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COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANY .- Office 72 S. 3d. Capital $500,000. C. N. BUCK, President. Directors. John A. Barclay, Charles J. Du Pont, Joseph Ripka,
C. N. Buck, John Bohlen,
Joseph Cabot,
Daniel Lammot,
William W. Young, David S Brown.
THE PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY FOR INSURANCES ON LIVES AND GRANTING ANNUITIES .- Office 66 Walnut 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,
Henry J. Williams,
John B. Newman,
Samuel F. Smith,
Israel P. Hutchinson,
Wm. S. Vaux.
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. JOHN F. JAMES, Treasurer and Actuary. Managers.
B. W. Richards,
Armon Davis,
George Troutman,
John S. Newlin,
Peter Hertzog,
Thomas Ridgway,
John J. Smith, Jr.,
John R. Latimer,
David Williamson,
Robert Pearsall,
SOUTHERN INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY.
JOHN LEADBEATER, Jr., President. WILLIAM W. SMITH, Cashier.
Directors.
John Leadbeater, Jr.,
William Campbell,
Robert Lindsay, Armer Patton,
Benjamin Franklin,
Z. Locke,
George K Childs, Andrew Cochran, Thomas F. Goodwin, M. N. Everly,
Charles W. Bender.
THE MECHANICS' AND TRADESMANS' INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA .- Office 64 Walnut.
SAMUEL BADGER, President. A. E. DOUGHERTY, Cashier.
Directors.
Hugh Catherwood, David Boyd, St. G. T. Campbell,
William Badger, Sherry Dito. E. B. Gardette,
James McCormack,
John Bell,
George Mcclellan.
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John Bohlen, Charles Taylor, J. K. Mitchell, M. D. Wm. Kirkham,
Charles Dutilh,
Timothy Abbott,
Robert Toland,
Wm. R. Hanson, Samuel Wagner, (York, Pa.)
Howell Hopkins, Reese D. Fell,
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PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM COMPANY.
NATHAN DUNN, President.
GEO. CAMPBELL, 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, George Campbell.
PHILADELPHIA GAS WORKS. THOS. CAVE, President.
WM. FENNELL, Register.
THOMAS NICHOLSON, Inspector.
JOHN C. CRESSON, Superintendent. JOHN P. MURTA, Messenger. JOHN BURROWS, Inspector of Meters.
BOARD OF HEALTH, 1840-41.
CITY .- Isaac Roach, No. 245 Spruce street. James Hutchinson, No. 58 South Twelfth street.
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