McElroy's Philadelphia directory for 1843, Part 61

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Publication date: 1843
Publisher: Philadelphia : E.C. & J. Biddle
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Athenian Institute and Philosophical Hall, S W 5th and Chestnut


Beck's Shot Factory, Mulberry n Schuylkill


Burying Ground of Christ Church, S E 5th and Mulberry


Burying Ground of Presbyterian Church, Crown and Sassafras ab Sch. 8th


Burying Ground of 5th Presbyterian Church, Mulberry ab 10th, and Francisville


Burying Ground, Central Presbyterian Church, Sch. 7th bel Coates


Burying Ground, St. George's, Meth. E. Church, Coates n R road


Burying Ground, Catholic, Sch. 7th bel Coates


Burying Ground of Society of Friends, Sch. 6th and 7th and Cherry and Sassafras


Burying Ground of St. Stephen's E Church, S W 13th and Cherry


Bricklayers' Hall, N E 13th and Sassafras Callowhill Market, from 4th to 7th


Carpenters' Hall, N W 13th and Sassafras Carr Market, 189 Sch 7th ab Callowhill


Christ Church Hospital, 8 Cherry"


City Hospital, Sch. 4th n Coates


City Tobacco Warehouse, Dock and Spruce


City]Water Works, Fairmount, office 200 Cherry


City Commissioners' office, S W 5th and Chest- nut


City Treasurer's office, S W 5th and Chestnut


City Watering Committee, office S W Chestnut and 5th, above stairs


Clarkson Hall, 103 Cherry ab 6th


Clerk of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, State House, above stairs


College and Medical Hall, 9th n High College of Pharmacy, Zane ab 7th


Commissioners' Hall, S Garden, 309 Vine


Commissioners' Hall, N Liberties, 281 N 3d


Commissioners' Hall, (S) S 2d n Christian Commissioners' Hall, (K) Master and Front


Commissioners' Hall (MI) Christian ab 9th


Corporation School of Friends, Pine bel 2d


County Commissioners' office, State House W wing, above stairs


Custom House, 114 S 2d


Dispensary, 41 S 5th


Fair Mount Water Works, ab Upper Bridge


Fish Market, from Water to wharf in High


Franklin Free School, 430 N 3d


Franklin Free Burying Ground, 3 5th bel Prune


Franklin Institute Hall, 9 S 7th


Franklin Square, bet Sassafras and Vine and N 6th and Franklin


Exchange (Mechanics') Franklin Institute


Fuel Savings Society, yard e Sch. 7th & Locust German Society Hall, 8 $ 7th


Girard College, R road N W of Francisville


Girard Trust Treasurer's office, S 5th ab Chestnut Guardians of the Poor, office 10 Filbert


Health Office, c 6th and George


High st Market, from the Delaware to 8th


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LIST OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.


House of Refuge, c R road and Coates Historical Society of Penn., Philosophical Hall House of Industry, 7 Ranstead place Jefferson Medical College, 56 S 10th Jews' Burying Ground, N W Blackberry al and Spruce


Laurel Hill Cemetery, R road n Sch. Falls Library of Foreign Literature and Science, Phi- losophical Hall, S W 5th and Chestnut


Logan Square, bet Sassafras and Vine and Sch. 3d and 5th


Lutheran School House, 235 St. John


Machpelah Cemetery, Prime n 10th


Marine Hospital, ab Gray's Ferry


Marshall's office, State House, above stairs, Chestnut


Masonic Hall, S 3d bel Walnut


Masonic Hall, (old) Chestnut ab 7th


Mayor's office, S W 5th and Chestnut


Medical Institute, Locust ab 11th


Menonists, Crown bel Callowhill


Mercantile Library, 134 Chestnut


Merchants' Exchange, c 3d and Walnut


Monument Cemetery, Broad n Poplar


Moravian Burying Ground, N W Lawrence and Vine


Musical Fund Hall, 60 Locust


Mutual Burying Ground, Prime n 10th


Navy Agent's Office, 7 S 5th


National Theatre, Chestnut n 9th


Navy Yard and Offices, S E Front and Prime


New County Prison and Debtors' Apartment, P road bel Federal


New House of Correction, Bush Hill


New Market, from Pine to Cedar in 2d


New Penitentiary, Coates W of House of Refuge Northern Dispensary, 1 S Garden


Northern Liberties Gas Works, Maiden below N Front


Northern Liberty Library, 260 N 3d


Northern Liberty Hall, 322 N 3d


Northern Liberty Market, from Coates to Poplar Odd Fellows' Hall 5th bel Walnut


Orphan Asylum, St. Joseph's, S W Spruce and 7th


Orphan Asylum, St. Mary's, 5th n Pine


Orphan Asylum, St. John's, Chestnut ab 12th Old Academy, 42 N 4th


Penn Square, N and S of High, W of Juniper Penn's Treaty Monument, Shackamaxon, (K) Pennsylvania Hospital, Pine bet 8th & 9th


Pennsylvania Institution for Deaf and Dumb, N W Broad and Pine


Pennsylvania Institution for the instruction of the Blind, Sassafras W of Sch 3d Pennsylvania State Arsenal, 29 S Juniper Permanent Bridge Company, office 1 York st Philadelphia Circus, Walnut ab 8th Philadelphia Exchange, N E c 3d and Walnut Philadelphia Gas Works, Sch. Front n High, Office Franklin Institute


Philadelphia Library, N E 5th and Library Philadelphia Museum, N E 9th & George


Philadelphia Orphan's Asylum, N E Sch. 5th & Cherry


Philanthropic Burial Ground, Passyunk road be! County Prison


Philosophical Hall, S W 5th & Chestnut, above stairs


Post Office, Merchants' Exchange


Post Office, Kensington, Maiden n Market


Post Office, Spring Garden, Callowill n 8th


Preston Retreat, Hamilton n Sch. 3d Public High School, Juniper n High Public School, Sch., Ashton ab Lombard


Public School, New Market ab Noble Public School, Zane ab 7th


Public School, 11th & Buttonwood


Public Model School, Chester & Maple Public School, Sassafras ab Broad


Public School, c 8th & Fitzwater


Public School, W Kensington, N 2d and Master Public School, Northern Liberties, 432 N 3d Public School, Catharine ab 3d


Public School, Callowhill n F M


Public School, Coates bel 13th


Public School, O Y road ab Poplar


Public School, South Eastern, Front bel Pine


Public School, (coloured) 6th n Lombard


Ronaldson's Cemetery, Shippen bet 9th and 10th


Recorder's Office, 3 State House, E wing


Rittenhouse Square, bet Walnut and Spruce and Sch. 3d and 6th


Sandiford Hall, Haines ab 6th


School of St Peter's Church, 79 Lombard


Seaman's Friend Society, or Girard House, 23 N Water


Seminary of St Charles Borromeo, Sch 5th and Sassafras


Shelter for coloured orphans, N 13th n Willow Sheriff's Office, State House, W wing


Society for the encouragement of faithful domes- tics, 1 Minor


Southern Dispensary, 98 Shippen


Southwark Library, S 2d opp German


Southwark Market, M rd fr Prime to Wash. ington


Sparks' shot Factory, 21 John (S)


State House, Chestnut bet 5th and 6th


State Armory, c Juniper and Penn Square


St. Mary's Free School, 104 S 5th


Union Canal Company, office 6 Carpenter's ct


Union Glass Works, Beach n Warren


United States Arsenal, Gray's ferry road n Fe. deral


United States Naval Asylum, Gray's ferry road n U S Arsenal


United States Mint, c Chestnut & Juniper U. S. Inspector's office, 99 S Wharves


U S. Weigher's office, 1 Lombard


University of Pennsylvania, S 9th n High


Walnut Street Theatre, NE 9th & Walnut


Washington Square, S side of Walnut ab 6th Warden's Office 33 Walnut


Wharton Market, bet Prime & Washington


Widows, Indigent, & Single Women's Asylum, Cherry E of Sch. 5th


Wills' Hospital, for the Lame and Blind, Sassa- fras W of Sch. 5th


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BANKING INSTITUTIONS.


BANK OF THE UNITED STATES. Chestnut, west of South Fourth. Chartered February 18, 1836 .-- Capital $35,000,000- JAMES ROBINSON, President. Superintendent of Suspended Debt-HERMAN COPE. Directors.


James Robertson, William M. Kennedy, Edmund G. Dutilh,


John Struthers,


William Drayton,


William L. Rehn,


Charles Gibbons,


Robert C. Hall, of Car-


William Rawle,


Benjamin Kugler,


Joseph Perot, lisle, Pa.


Moses Kempton,


Lloyd Mifflin,


Joseph H. Dulles,


Moses Wills, of Co-


Joshua Lippincott,


Robert Burton,


Foster G. Crutcher, lumbus, N. J.


John Bacon,


Robert Coburn,


BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA,


Incorporated March 30th, 1793 .- Capital $2,500,000 .- Shares, $400. Dividends declared on the first Wednesdays in January and July. Discounts-Wednesdays and Saturdays.


JOSEPH TROTTER, President.


GEORGE PHILLER, Cashier.


Directors.


Joseph 'Trotter,


Mordecai D. Lewis,


Henry Chester,


Gideon Scull,


Charles Penrose,


Wm. V. Anderson,


Robert M. Lewis,


Benjamin Jones, Jr.


Jacob R. Smith, Wm. E. Hacker,


James Bingham, David S. Brown.


By the State.


William J. Leiper, Joseph H. Newbold,


Charles W. Brooke, William Geisse.


PHILADELPHIA BANK,


Southwest Fourth and Chestnut. Incorporated 1804 .- Capital $2,000,000 .- Paid in $1,800,000. SAMUEL F. SMITH, President. JOHN B. TREVOR, Cashier.


Directors.


Samuel F. Smith,


William Phillips,


Robert Patterson, John Duncan,


John Welsh, Joshua Longstreth, Quintin Campbell, John W. Claghorn,


Samuel W. Jones, - William Worrell,


Richard D. Wood, Henry C. Corbit.


Joseph R. Evans,


By the State.


Henry M. Phillips, Alexander Cummings, Edward T. Mott, Gideon G. Nesbitt. 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.


W. D. LEWIS, Cashier.


Directors.


Charles S. Boker,


David S. Brown,


Johnston McLanahan, Benjamin S. Burling, Henry Welsh, William H. Hart, John R. Vogdes,


Charles Humphreys, Henry J. Boller,


Stephen Baldwin,


George A. Graham,


Charles Rugan, E. D. Wolfe.


EDWARD HURST, Notary.


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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,


Henry White, William Welsh,


Edwin M. Lewis,


J. Pemberton Hutchin-


Robert Toland, son.


SAMUEL BADGER, Notary.


SCHUYLKILL BANK,


S. E. Sixth and High. . ... Chartered 1814 .- Capital $1,000,000. JOHN PRICE WETHERILL, President. Directors.


John P. Wetherill, John Gethin,


Edmund Pryor,


John Faussett,


Robert Hare, Jr.


Owen Sheridan,


Thomas Moyer,


Robert Burkhart.


Charles Stokes,


Richard Dempsey,


Christian Brower,


Dr. C. B. Matthews.


Election-First Monday in November. BRANCH-PORT CARBON, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY.


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. J. CORREY, Cashier.


Directors.


John Richardson, William W. Keen,


Thomas Allibone,


John M. Atwood,


Thomas Robins,


James C. Hand,


A. J. Lewis, James N. Dickson,


Coleman Fisher, Edward Yarnall,


John B. Budd, Thomas M. Smith.


SAMUEL BADGER, Notary.


MANUFACTURERS' & MECHANICS' BANK, N. L.


North-west corner of Vine and North Third. Chartered 1832 .- Capital $600,000 .- Discount-Tuesdays and Fridays. WILLIAM RICHARDSON, President. M. W. WOODWARD, Cashier.


Directors.


William Richardson, Thomas Snowden,


Thomas H. Craige, John Horn, George W. Carpenter, Joseph Reakirt, John Welsh, Jr.


N. Randolph,


Daniel S. Miller,


John Phillips, .


John Ross,


John Farr, J. A. Elkinton.


WESTERN BANK,


N. W. Sixth and High. Chartered 1822 .- Capital $500,000 .- Discount-Tuesdays and Fridays. JOSEPH PATTERSON, President. GEORGE M. TROUTMAN, Cashier. Directors.


Joseph Patterson, John Bouvier, Charles S. Wood, James Twaddell,


John R. Worrell, L. M. Trontman, Lewis Ryan,


Morris Patterson, William Camm,


William A. Everly


John Cooper,


William A. Blanchard, John Wright,


EDWARD HURST, Notary.


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Robert Howell.


Singleton A. Mercer, John Tucker,


Henry Farnum, Paul Farnum,


Francis Tete, William S. Hansell,


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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.


Directors.


James Dundas, Charles Watres,


Robert S. Johnson, Matthew Conrad,


Joseph Jones,


George Campbell,


Samuel Brooks, William Parker,


William Gill,


Isaac Dunton,


Daniel Haddock, Jr.


William Wainright.


James Lefever,


EDWARD HURST, 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.


, Directors.


Robert L. Pitfield,


Michael Magrath,


David Kirkpatrick, Joseph T. Mather,


Joshua Lippincott,


George Gorgas,


Joseph R. Jenks, John Patterson,


Isaac W. Norris,


Thomas Hart, John Taylor,


Samuel Grant,


JOHN H. FRICK, Notary.


MECHANICS' BANK,


OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA, South Third street below High, (West side.) Chartered 1814 .- Capital $1,400,000 .- Discount-Tuesdays and Fridays. JOSEPH B. MITCHELL, President. WILLIAM THAW, Cashier.


Directors.


J. B. Mitchell,


James H. Hart,


Joseph Parker, E. D. Wolfe,


Clem. Tingley,


Archibald Wright,


Richard C. See, George D. Rosengarten


Edmund Wilcox,


Wm. R. Thompson,


Alexander Symington, Lewis Cooper.


Charles Leland,


GEORGE GUIER, Notary.


STATE BANK AT CAMDEN, N. J.


Office, 12 Church alley, Philadelphia. Chartered 1812 .- Capital $300,000 .- Discount-Wednesdays and Saturdays. JOHN GILL, President. ROBERT W. OGDEN, Cashier.


John Gill, Richard M. Cooper.


James Good, William P. Lawrence,


Directors. Joseph W. Cooper, Joseph R. Parry, Samuel K. Lippencott. Philadelphia. Elijah Dallett, Jr. John M. Taylor,


Samuel C. Champion. R. K. Matlack,


John Oliver Boyd, Benjamin Jones. A. M.CALLA, Camden, N. J., Notary.


Andrew C. Barclay,


Joseph Jeanes.


John Naglee,


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MOYAMENSING BANK, South-east corner of Second and Chestnut streets. Chartered 1832 .- Capital $250,000 .- Discount-Wednesdays and Saturdays. JOSEPH SOLMS, President.


JOHN M. HOUSTON, Cashier. Directors.


Joseph Solms, Joseph B. Conover, John Gegan,


N. H. Graham,


George Sayen,


Jonas Bowman,


Robert O.Neill,


Charles Rizer, John Slack,


John Devereux.


B. R. Mears,


Thomas H. Bunting,


Peter A. Keyser. EDWARD HURST, Notary.


BANK OF PENN TOWNSHIP,


North-west corner of Sixth and Vine streets. Chartered 1826 .- Capital $250,000 .- Discount-Wednesdays and Saturdays. ELIJAH DALLETT, President. JAMES RUSSELL, Cashier.


Directors.


Elijah Dallett,


James H. Stroup,


Gabriel Knecht,


David Woelpper,


Lawrence Shuster,


James M.Clure,


John Dallett,


William P. Sharpless.


Daniel Deal,


Robert M. Huston, Joseph S. Medara,


George H. Miller,


Elihu Pickering. GEORGE GUIER, Notary.


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,


John Baker,


Peter Williamson, Thomas D. Grover,


Benjamin Tevis,


John Thompson,


F. W. V. Reynegom,


Thomas Barnett,


Lewis Clark,


Samuel Castner,


Walter Thompson, Louis Roberts,


William Clark. JOHN W. NESBITT, Notary.


KENSINGTON BANK,


Re-chartered for fifteen years from November, 1836 .- Capital $250,000. Discount-Tuesdays and Fridays. JONATHAN WAINWRIGHT, President. CHARLES KEEN, Cashier,


Directors.


Jonathan Wainwright, John Dickson,


Samuel T. Bodine, Charles Kurlbaum, Hugh Smith, N. L.


Joseph Baker,


Alexander Peterson,


Charles Edwards,


Jacob P. Donaldson,


William Whiteman, Eli Garrison,


Andrew Manderson, Jr.


William Williamson, Chester county.


JOHN S. PAINTER, Notary,


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SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS.


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.


Caleb Maule, William Binder.


Directors.


William Binder, C. Lehman,


J. S. Zorns, John T. Smith,


George Ireland,


Franklin Lee,


George Mecke, John Kohler,


A. J. Bucknor, Henry Deringer, E. D. Martin, Daniel Reiff,


John Manderson.


THE PHILADELPHIA SAVING FUND SOCIETY.


Incorporated February 25, 1819 .- Open for Deposites and Payments on Mondays and Thurs- days only, between the hours of 9 A. M. and 1 P. M., and 3 and 7 P. M. Office, 68 Walnut street, above Third.


CLEMENT C. BIDDLE, President. GEORGE GREINER, Treasurer.


Managers.


J. J. Vanderkemp, Francis Gurney Smith, John Bacon,


Charles Vezin,


Lawrence Lewis,


Samuel Grant, Nathan Dunn,


George Campbell,


John R. Neff, Thomas H. White, Thomas C. Rockhill,


Lewis Waln,


Quintin Campbell,


William Davidson, Tobias Wagner,


Jacob R. Smith,


John A. Brown William Smith.


Interest-Four per cent. per annum.


THE PHILADELPHIA LOAN COMPANY.


Office 7 South Fifth street.


WILLIAM MORRIS, President.


FRANCIS SHOEMAKER, Secretary.


INSURANCE COMPANIES.


FIRE AND MARINE .- Charter Perpetual.


NORTH AMERICA .- Office on the S. W. corner of Walnut and Dock streets. Chartered 1794. Capital $300,000. Shares $5. Dividends January and July. JOHN C. SMITH, President. ARTHUR G. COFFIN, Secretary.


Directors.


John C. Smith, John A. Brown, John White,


Alexander Henry,


Samuel W. Jones,


Thomas P. Cope,


Ambrose White, William Welsh.


Edward Smith, Samuel Brooks,


Jacob M. Thomas,


MARINE. INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA.


Office, 4 Merchants' Exchange. Chartered 1794. Capital $500.000. Shares $400. Dividends February and August. SIMEON TOBY, President. WILLIAM HARPER, Secretary. Directors.


Simeon Toby, Gustavus Colhoun,


John M. Scott, Charles Macalister,


William S. Smith, Tobias Wagner, James Marlioe,


John B. Budd,


Peter Bousquet,


Charles S. Boker,


George Trott, Jr., John Stewart.


James Cox,


Charles Taylor, John R. Neff.


Samuel F. Smith, Richard D. Wood.


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PHILADELPHIA .-- Ofice, 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, John McAllister, Jr., Richard P. Lardner, Samuel F. Fisher,


Alexander Elmslie, Charles Perot,


Joseph Perot,


C. Henry Fisher,


Robert M. Lewis.


Francis Hoskins,


John H. Wicht,


George B. Reese.


UNION .- Office, No. 6 Merchants' Exchange. Chartered 1804. Capital $300,000. Shares $60. Dividends January and July. RICHARD S. SMITH, President. GEORGE LEWIS, Secretary.


Directors.


Richard S. Smith,


Francis Tete, Joseph Dugan,


John Bohlen,


Saturnius Destouett,


Richard Willing,


Timothy M. Bryan, Charles Dutilh,


Charles Graff,


James Le Fevre,


Adolphus E. Borie, Joseph Swift.


William Lynch,


PHOENIX .- Office, No. 52 Walnut street. Chartered 1803. Capital 8480,000. Shares $80. Dividends June and December. JOHN R. WUCHERER, President. DAVID LEWIS, Secretary.


Directors.


John R. Wucherer, John Goddard,


John L. Hedge,


Robert Toland, Thomas C. Rockhill.


Lawrence Lewis,


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., Isaac W. Norris, John Latour, Benjamin Chew,


Erskine Hazard, John Darrieux,


Jonathan Patterson,


Patrick Hayes, Joseph B. Smith,


John T. Lewis,


Alexander Benson,


John Farr, William Cummings.


DELAWARE .- Office 3 Merchants' Exchange. Chartered 1804. Capital $200,000. Shares $40. Dividends June and December. JOSHUA EMLEN, President. JOHN DONNALDSON, Secretary.


Directors.


Joshua Emlen,


Isaac Harvey, Jr., George F. Randolph, Frederick Fraley,


Samuel Keith,


Joshua Longstreth, Thos. G. Hollinsworth,


Edmund Wilcox.


Benjamin Jones, John Cook,


Joseph R. Evans, William Boyd,


John Devereux,


UNITED STATES .- Office 62 Walnut, ab. stairs.


Chartered 1810. Capital $200.000. Shares $25. Dividends June and December. THOMAS WICKERSHAM, President. A. G. SALIGNAC, Secretary. Directors.


Thomas Wickersham, John B. Mckeever,


Charles W. Smith, John Maitland,


H. Pratt Mckean, William Parker,


William McKee, S. Littell, Jr.,


M. S. Wickersham, Samuel D. Harvey,


James Y. Humphreys, Wharton Chancellor.


Charles Dutilh,


William Phillips,


Adolphus Peries, Alexander Symington.


John W. Odenheimer, John McCawley.


Zachariah Poulson,


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THE DELAWARE COUNTY INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital authorized by law, $250,000. WILLIAM EYRE, JR., President.


Office S. E. Third and Dock. WILLIAM MARTIN, Secretary.


Directors.


Wm. Eyre, Jr., Del. Co., Samuel Edwards, Del. Co.,


John Cochran, Del. Co.,


Wm. Folwell, Philad.


Jonathan Thomas, do. John Hinckson, do.


John S. Newlin, do.


Charles Kelly, do. Edw. Darlington, do.


ATLANTIC .- Office No. 16 Merchants' Exchange. Chartered 1825. Capital $300,000. Shares $60. Dividends January and July. JACOB R. SMITH, President. HENRY D. SHERRERD, Secretary.


Directors.


Jacob R. Smith, William Platt,


Charles Vezin, Lewis Waln,


Daniel W. Coxe,


J. B. McIlvaine,


Robert Ralston,


Thomas P. Cope,


Jacob S. Waln, P. L. Languerenne,


Joseph Swift, Ashbel G. Ralston.


Joseph Gratz,


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, A. J. Lewis,


S. A. Lewis,


Robert F. Walsh,


Elijah Dallet,


Pearson Serrill,


Jonathan Palmer, John M. Kennedy.


T. P. Richardson, Stephen Baldwin,


FIRE.


MUTUAL ASSURANCE .- Office No. 54 Walnut street. Chartered 1786.


RICHARD WILLING, Pres't. LAWRENCE LEWIS, Sec. and Treasurer.


Trustees.


Richard Willing, Robert Toland, Robert M. Lewis, J. J. Vanderkemp, Thomas Biddle,


Thomas C. Rockhill, John J. Ridgway, Edward S. Bard,


. George McCalmont, Joseph Dugan,


AMERICAN .- Office 72 Walnut street. Chartered 1810. Capital $500,000.


WILLIAM DAVIDSON, President. FREDERICK FRALEY, Secretary.


Directors.


William Davidson, William Lynch,


Thomas Allibone, Joseph R. Massey,


John Sergeant, Timothy Abbott,


Caleb Cope,


John Welch, Jr.


Manuel Eyre,


James Hutchinson, SSurveyor.


PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE .- Office 134 Walnut street. Chartered 1825. Capital 8400,000. Charter perpetual. QUINTIN CAMPBELL, President. BEATON SMITH, Secretary,


Directors.


Quintin Campbell, William Boyd,


William Montelius, Isaac Hazlehurst,


Paul Beck, Jr., Alexander Benson,


James Le Fevre, Thomas Robins,


Robert A. Caldcleugh,


Robert O'Neil, Surveyor, 17 S. Penn Square.


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George Cadwallader, J. K. Mitchell, M. D., William Platt.


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FRANKLIN .- Office 163} Chestnut street. Chartered 1829. Capital $400,000. Shares 8100. CHARLES N. BANCKER, President. CHARLES G. BANCKER, Secretary. Directors.


Charles N. Bancker, Tobias Wagner, George W. Richards, Adolph E. Borie,


Thomas Hart, Samuel Grant,


Jacob R. Smith, David S. Brown.


Thomas I. Wharton,


Mordecai D. Lewis,


CITIZEN'S MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA. Perpetual Charter. Office 152 Walnut street.


JAMES TODD, President.


DANIEL B. POULTNEY, Secretary. Managers.


James Todd,


Daniel Clark, Jacob Broom,


Robert E. Jones,


William S. Torr,


F. A. Jennings,


George H. Burgia.


James P. Park,


Jonathan Shoemaker,


Benjamin Crispin,


WASHINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY .- Office 48 Walnut street. Capital $200,000.


CHARLES S. RICHE, President.


L. KIMBALL, Secretary.


Charles S. Riche,


Isaac Loyd, Jr., Charles Rugan,


Robert Souter, Jr., Henry Charles Bohler,


John C. Da Costa,


B. S. Burlin,


S. Morris Waln,


Edw. W. Robinson, J. B. Mcilvaine.


John Dallett,


Wm. S. Neilson,


COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANY .- Office 5 Merchants' Exchange. Capital $500,000. Stock and Mutual Insurance Company for Marine, Fire, and Inland Navigation. C. N. BUCK, President. Directors.


C. N. Buck,


John A. Barclay, Daniel Lammot, William Young,


John Bohlen, Charles J. Du Pont,


Joseph Ripka, Francis G. Smith.


THE PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY FOR INSURANCES ON LIVES AND GRANTING ANNUITIES .- Office 66 Walnut street.


Chartered 1812. Perpetual. Capital 8500,000. Shares $100. Dividends January and July. HYMAN GRATZ, President. SEARS C. WALKER, Actuary.


Directors.


Hymen Gratz, William Parker,


Charles Taylor,


William S. Vaux, I. P. Hutchinson,


Henry J. Williams, J. K. Mitchell, M. D., R. M. Patterson, M. D., Samuel F. Smith, William Kirkham, Charles Dutilh.


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,


Timothy Abbott,


John J. Smith, Jr., David Williamson,


Armon Davis,


Thomas Ridgway, Robert Pearsall, John S. Newlin,


Wm. R. Hanson,


Wmn. Folwell,


George N. Baker,


S. Wagner, (York, P3.) Joseph Yeager, George W. Tucker.


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John Moss, John Bohlen,


Directors.


Mason Hutchins,


John Mason, Thomas Wattson,


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PHILADELPHIA CONTRIBUTIONSHIP FOR THE INSURANCE OF HOUSES FROM LOSS BY FIRE .- No. 96 South Fourth street. Chartered 1752. JAMES S. SMITH, Treasurer and Secretary. Directors.


Zachariah Poulson,


Horace Binney,


William Smith,


Alex. W. Johnston,


Joseph Price, Lewis Waln,


Charles Willing, M. D.


Joshua Longstreth, ‹


William H. Hart,


J. P. Hutchinson,


Alexander Lardner, William Morrison.


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 27, 1820. Re-incorporated April 3d, 1833.


GEORGE W. TRYON, President.


ANDREW BUTLER, Sec. and Treasurer.


Trustees.


George Esler,


John Allen,


Jacob Esher,


William H. Hamilton,


William Warner,


Howe Keith,


Jacob S. Miller,


Edmund A. Souder,


Peter A. Keyser, Jacob E. Tomkins,


Charles Schæffer, Jacob B. Lancaster.


COUNTY FIRE .- Office 248 North Third street. Charter perpetual. Dividends January and July.


AUGUSTINE STEVENSON, President. JACOB F. HOCKLEY, Secretary.


Directors.


Augustine Stevenson, Henry Crilly,


John Taylor,


Michael McGill,


Samuel Williams, Joseph Reakirt,


Osmond Reed, John Farr.


Robert V. Massey, Samuel Bonnell,


SOUTHWARK FIRE INSURANCE .- Office No. 74 Walnut street. Chartered 1834. Perpetual. Capital authorized by law, $400,000. Dividends January and July.




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