This collection contains documents and record books from the Elizabethtown Insurance Company. Items include records of new policies issued, policies cancelled, reinsurance policies, and books documenting taxes owed to the Elizabethtown Insurance Company. The collection also contains receipt books, personal agent books, and various notes and documents inserted into the lager record books. All documents are handwritten by multiple individuals and some books have missing, or broken spines. Many items are fragile, and caution should be used when turning pages to avoid further tearing and damage.
Admin/Biographical History
The Elizabethtown Insurance Company was formally chartered on December 23, 1843 as Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company. They started doing business January 31, 1844 and by June 1844 had applications from prospective policy holders for enough insurance to issue their first policy. The company was originally developed to insure against loss or damage by fire, but eventually began insuring other types of property damage. Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company moved multiple times; finding homes in Lampeter and Conestoga Townships, as well as Lancaster City. The company moved to Elizabethtown in 1925, and in July of 2009, Farmers' Mutual changed their name to Elizabethtown Insurance Company. In 2011 Elizabethtown Insurance Company stopped accepting new applications, and in 2012, the company relocated to Delaware.
Signers of petition: Jacob Redsecker, John Kuntz, Henry Ober, John Lynch, Sebastian Keller, B. F. Baer, Joseph Buchanan, A. Greenawalt, John Rhoads, Daniel Balmer, Samuel Harmony, George Patterson, Joseph Clinton, George Boyer.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Jacob Redsecker, Daniel Balmer, Henry Myers, Benjamin Shaeffer, Jackson Schaeffer, George Boyer, Andrew Wade, B. F. [Baez], Joseph Buchanan, Abraham Redsecker, William Hagel, Jacob A. Breneman.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Jacob Redsecker, George Patterson, Joseph Clinton, John Lynch, Samuel Harmony, Michael Kitch, Sebastian Keller, Henry Shultz, A. Greenawalt, Andrew Wade, John William Roeting, [signature in German], John Foltz, Isaac Redsecker.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Jacob Redsecker, George [Fisher], Abraham Breneman, A. Greenawalt, [signature in German], William Hagee, Samuel Redsecker, C. G. Huber, Isaac Redsecker, John S. Boyer, Henry Ober, Jackson Schaeffer, Emanuel Hoffman, George Boyer, Philip [Fisher], David Coble.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Jacob Redsecker, James O'Neal, [unknown signature], Sebastian Keller, Charles Ebbecke, Isaac Redsecker, Abraham Breneman, Samuel Harmony, Isaac Bauman, Samuel Redsecker, James Bryan, William Wilson, A. Greenawalt, H. Wade.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Jacob Redsecker, Samuel Redsecker, P. H. Haag, James Bryan, Samuel Harmony, John Lynch, A. Greenawalt, Isaac Redsecker, George Byrod, J. A. Smith, J. Schaeffer, Joseph Strouse, George W. Boyer, George Peirce, George Patterson, Joseph Clinton.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Jacob Redsecker, William Pfaff, Jackson Schaeffer, J. A. Smith, Isaac Redsecker, [signature in German], John Rhoads, Joseph Buchanan, Abraham Breneman, B. F. Baer, Samuel Redsecker, John Lynch, James Bryan.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Jacob Redsecker, Abraham Breneman, Samuel Redsecker, Benjamin Sheaffer, Joseph Strouse, Michael Kitch, Isaac Redsecker, George Byrod, J. Schaeffer, Henry Shultz, William Hagee, Samuel Harmony, Solomon Mohr.
1 item, 1 piece
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Signers of petition: Jacob Redsecker, Daniel Balmer, Abraham Breneman, Isaac Bauman, Samuel Redsecker, Abraham Redsecker, Andrew Wade, William Miller, Joseph Clinton, John Lynch, Samuel Harmony, James Bryan, John Rhoads, Joseph Buchanan, A. Greenawalt, Isaac Redsecker.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
