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Mutual Beneficial Fire, Wind, and Storm Insurance Company records

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Held at: Historic Langhorne Association [Contact Us]160 W. Maple Ave., Langhorne, PA, 19047

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Call Number:
10
Repository:
Historic Langhorne Association
Extent:
1.5 linear feet
Language:
English
Date:
1886-1958 (inclusive)
Creator:
Mutual Beneficial Fire, Wind and Storm Insurance Company
Abstract:
The Mutual Beneficial Insurance Association of Bucks County, also known as the Mutual Beneficial Fire, Wind, and Storm Insurance Company, was incorporated in 1842 and located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. The Mutual Beneficial Fire, Wind, and Storm Insurance Company records, 1886-1958, include policy registers, account books, annual statements and correspondence.

The Mutual Beneficial Insurance Association of Bucks County was incorporated in 1842 and located in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. At other times it was also known as the Mutual Live Stock Insurance Company, the Independent Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and Mutual Beneficial Fire, Wind, and Storm Insurance Company

Bibliography:

Pennsylvania Insurance Department. Annual Report. 1917. Accessed December 14, 2012. http://books.google.com/books?id=1_IZAQAAIAAJ&dq=Mutual%20Beneficial %20Insurance%20association%20langhorne%20annual%20report&pg=PA352#v=onepage&q&f=false

This collection includes policy registers, 1929-1955, that give details of policy holders, buildings, and coverage; account books, 1932-1941; annual statements and correspondence, 1947-1953; and a collection account book, letters and receipts, 1886-1903, of the Mutual Live Stock Insurance Company.

Gift of A. Paul Townsend, Jr.

Summary descriptive information on this collection was compiled in 2012-2014 as part of a project conducted by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania to make better known and more accessible the largely hidden collections of small, primarily volunteer run repositories in the Philadelphia area. The Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories (HCI-PSAR) was funded by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

This is a preliminary finding aid. No physical processing, rehousing, reorganizing, or folder listing was accomplished during the HCI-PSAR project.

In some cases, more detailed inventories or finding aids may be available on-site at the repository where this collection is held; please contact Historic Langhorne Association directly for more information.

Bucks County Historical Society: Mutual Beneficial Insurance Association of Bucks Company minutes, 1841-87, bound manuscripts A-335.

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Historic Langhorne Association
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid prepared by Celia Caust-Ellenbogen and Faith Charlton through the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories
Sponsor
This preliminary finding aid was created as part of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories. The HCI-PSAR project was made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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