Nautilus Insurance Company: Policy Register 5–1000, Vol. 1, 1845–1847 (Schomburg Center)
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The first policy register of the Nautilus Insurance Company (predecessor of New York Life Insurance Company), covering policy numbers 5 through 1000, dating from December 24, 1845 through 1847. Of the first one thousand policies written by Nautilus, 339 were on the lives of enslaved persons, typically written for less than $500 for a term of one year. Each entry includes: policy number, date, applicant name and residence, name of the insured (including enslaved persons) with residence, age, and occupation, amount insured, premium, annual payment, term length and expiration date, and remarks. Company bookmarks marking pages with enslaved persons' policies have been left in place. Source: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library Collection: Nautilus Insurance Company Slavery Era Ledgers (Sc MG 715) https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c1acc540-5884-013b-80af-0242ac110002
Collection: Schomburg Center — Nautilus Insurance Company Slavery Era Ledgers
Time Period: Pre-1865 (Slavery Era)
Geography: United States
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