Commemorative biographical record of Hartford County, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families . COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 49 dency of the company was placed at his acceptance,the duties and responsibilities of which he assumedin June of that year, succeeding in that high officeTimothy C. Allyn. And from ihat time on. throughall of the intervening period of thirty-four years,his management of the companys business and in-terests has been matchless in character, placing himin the foremost rank of


Commemorative biographical record of Hartford County, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families . COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 49 dency of the company was placed at his acceptance,the duties and responsibilities of which he assumedin June of that year, succeeding in that high officeTimothy C. Allyn. And from ihat time on. throughall of the intervening period of thirty-four years,his management of the companys business and in-terests has been matchless in character, placing himin the foremost rank of fire insurance representa-tives. It is not within the province of this article togo into and follow the history of the Hartford Fire,one of the oldest and most successful insurance in-stitutions in the United State; suffice it to say that ithas now a capital of one and one-quarter millions, andin addition to this great sum it has total assets of II,-180,000, a mighty reserve against which to draw ifever the occasion arises. The net surplus is over$4,458,000, all of which makes the company one ofthe strongest in the world. The Hartford beganits career in the field of underwriting


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