Insurance Companies - Insurance Company of North America

Founded in December of 1792, the Insurance Company of North America was the oldest joint stock insurance company in the United States. It was incorporated by an act of the Legislature in April of 1794. The company's first location was at 107 S. Front Street in Philadelphia.

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Letter, L.D. Teackle in Maryland to Secretary of the Insurance Company of North America, 1803 Feb.15

Letter from Littleton Dennis Teackle to the Insurance Company of North America, requesting insurance on the newly built Washington Academy for $10,000. In the letter, he describes the new school is built of brick and is three stories high, with a shingle roof. The building measured 40' x 80'.