The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . The Worcester of 1898. 379. Alechanic streets. Thomas J. Hastingsholds the offices of secretary and treas-urer of all; and Edward B. Glasgow solicitor. FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE. The benefit of insurance against fireimpressed itself upon the people of thissection early in this century, leading tothe incorporation of the Worcester Mu-tual Fiie Insurance Compan} seventy-five years ago, or February 11, Lincoln and Abraham Lincolnwere the two corporators from Worces-RiCHARD HEALv. t^r, aud there were sixteen fr
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . The Worcester of 1898. 379. Alechanic streets. Thomas J. Hastingsholds the offices of secretary and treas-urer of all; and Edward B. Glasgow solicitor. FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE. The benefit of insurance against fireimpressed itself upon the people of thissection early in this century, leading tothe incorporation of the Worcester Mu-tual Fiie Insurance Compan} seventy-five years ago, or February 11, Lincoln and Abraham Lincolnwere the two corporators from Worces-RiCHARD HEALv. t^r, aud there were sixteen from other towns in the county. The charter re-quired that no policy should be issued tmtil subscriptions for at least$200,000 worth should be received; that the field of operations shouldbe limited to this county, and that property should not be insuredfor more than three-fourths of its value. The first policy, signed byRejoice Newton, president, and William D. Wheeler, secretary, wasissued May 14, 1824. It insured Luther and Daniel Goddard $1,500on their dwelling-house, wood-house and barn, an
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