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Directory of the City of Chicago
Illinois for 1843
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
A. GARRETT, agent, Marine and Inland Insurance, agency of the Atlantic
Mutual Insurance Company of the city of New York in the City of Chicago; cash capital, $100,000; with notes subscribed on the Mutual plan
for $350,000; total, $450,000. Persons wishing to participate in the profits of this company, are informed that the company is now prepared
to make insurance on marine and inland risks, on terms favorable to the applicants, who are assured that the company will be disposed to settle
claims with such promptness and liberality as to warrant a large share of the public patronage; the board of trustees have endeavored to furnish
the insured the means both of safety and profit, and they trust that when
the plan for accomplishing this is investigated it will be found satisfactory.
Under the charter of the company the excess of certificates of earnings over $500,000 can be paid off successively, which is a result that will be
looked for in a reasonable time. Trustees: Walter R. Jones, Josiah L. Hale, George Griswold, Jonathan Goodhue, Elisha Riggs, Henry Parish,
Thomas Tileston, Henry Coit, Charles H. Russell, E. D. H.urlbut, Jos. W.
Alsop, jr., John C. Green, William S. Wetmore, Augustin Averil, Samuel T. Jones, Lowell Holbrook, P. A. Hargous, Edward H.
Gillilan, Meyer Gana, Wm. C. Pickersgill, Geo. T. Elliot, James McCall,
Ramsay Crooks, Edwin Bartlett, Caleb Barstow, A. P. Pillot, A. LeMoyne, Leonardo S. Suarez, Christopher R. Robert, Richard T. Haines, Leory
M. Wiley, Edmund Laffan, Daniel S. Miller, S. T. Nicoll, William F.
Havemeyer, Josiah Lane, Joshua J. Henry, William Sturgis, jr., Reuel Smith, A. A. Low; Walter R. Jones, president; Joshua L. Hale, vice-president. December, 1843.
A. GARRETT, agent, Fire and Marine Insurance, agency of the National
Insurance Company of the City of New York in the City of Chicago. The above-named company have established an agency in the City of
Chicago where they are prepared to insure against loss or damage by fire,
and also against loss or damage on goods and merchandize in the course of transportation on the lakes, canal, or railroad. Directors: William
G. Ward, John Bower, Stephen Holt, Philip W. Engs, Wm. S. Slocum, Wm. W. Campbell, John F. Mackie, Marcus Spring, Jacob Miller, John
Newhouse, Samuel S. Doughty, John F. Butterworth; John Brouwer, president; James W. Savage, Secretary. December, 1843.
GARRETT & SEAMAN, general agency and commission store, in the four-story brick building on South-Water Street, 2d door from Clark Street.
The undersigned give notice that they have formed a partnership, to commence on the 1st of May, 1844, under the name and style of Garrett
& Seaman, for the transaction of a general agency and commission
business, both in Chicago and New York. They will attend to the purchase
and sale of merchandise and the sale of wheat, and all kinds of produce in the city of New York; Mr. Seaman is a resident of the city of New
York, and well acquainted with the business of purchasing and selling merchandise and produce, and will at all times give his personal attention
to any and all kinds of business entrusted to his care; the house in Chicago will be ready to supply country merchants with all kinds of
merchandise at New-York prices, adding transportation only. N. B.-Constantly on hand, marble mantels, tombs, monuments, head-stoats, table
tops, etc. ; they will on application furnish articles in the above line at
short notice. December, 1843.
G. S. HUBBARD,, agent, Aetna Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn.;
this well-known company is now prepared to take risks against fire in the
City of Chicago and its vicinity at low premiums.
GEORGE SMITH & CO., bankers and insurance brokers, (bank building),
LaSalle Street, Chicago, Ill.
E. S. & J. WADSWORTH, agents, Hartford Fire-Insurance Company, 113
Lake Street, Chicago.
JEWELLERS, ETC.
V. FALLER, clock and watch maker, Dearborn Street, near the Tremont
House, Chicago, Ill.
S. J. SHERWOOD, 144 Lake Street, Chicago, Ill., general dealer in gold
and silver watches, clocks, jewelry, gold safety-chains, gold fob-chains,
gold spectacles, thimbles, pencil cases, breast pins, finger rings, silver
spoons, music boxes, card cases, pocket brushes, needles; watches and clocks repaired and warranted; cash paid for old silver.
LAND AGENTS.
HENRY W. CLARKE, general land-agent, office on Clark Street, opposite
City Saloon, Chicago, Ill. Will promptly attend to the payment of taxes in Illinois and Wisconsin; redemption of land sold for taxes, etc., etc.
OGDEN & JONES, northwestern land-agency, I general land-agents for the
northwestern states and territories, office on Kinzie Street, east of North
Dearborn, Chicago, Ill. William B. Ogden, William E. Jones.
J. B. F. RUSSELL has established an office for the transaction of general
land-agency at Chicago, for the payment of taxes, purchase, or sale of lands, lots, etc., etc.
LOOKING-GLASSES.
D. & A. L. JACOBUS, wholesale and retail dealers in looking-glasses, clocks,
Britannia ware, cutlery, etc.; 10 Clark Street, Chicago, Ill.; pictures and picture-frames of all sizes constantly on hand.
R. LYONS, 83 Lake Street, opposite the Mansion House, Chicago;
wholesale and retail dealer in gilt and mahogany framed looking-glasses, and
looking-glass plates, clocks, and engravings; also manufacturer of portrait
and picture frames of every description. N. B.-Gilding of every description neatly executed at the shortest notice.
Source: Directory of the
City of Chicago Illinois for 1843, Compiled By Robert Fergus, Printer, A
Resident of Chicago since July 1, 1839. Chicago: Fergus
Printing Company, N. W. Cor. Illinois St. and Dearborn Ave. 1896.
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