History of Newburyport From the Earliest Settlement of the Country to the Pres
History of Newburyport From the Earliest Settlement of the Country to the Pres
E Vale Euphemia Vale Blake
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MISCELLANY. INSURANCE COMPANIES. * The only Insm-ance Company now in operation in Newburyport, is the '■'■Newhuryport Mutual Fire Insurance Company, ^^ incor- porated in 1829, of Avhich John Balch, Esq. , is President, and J. J. Knapp, Esq. , Secretary. There has been a large number of private insurance companies here, but few incorporated, Boston Companies usually keeping agents here. The following incomplete list is all that we have been able to ascertain regarding them. In 1776, there appear...ed in the Essex Journal, a notice of the first insurance office opened in Newburyport. In 1781, a private insurance office was opened by Michael Hodge, Esq. , on the site now occupied by Messrs. T. H. & A. W. Lord. In 1798, another private office was opened by Mr. John Balch at a place called " The Hole in the Wall, " at the foot of Green street. In June, 1799, was incorporated the Marine Insurance Company, " to continue until 1819. " Ebenezer Stocker, President. An office called the " Newburyport Marine Insurance " was opened in 1802.
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