Homer, Benjamin, fl. 1802 [Insurance policy for the passage of thirty-eight horses from Maine to Antigua]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10347 Author/Creator: Homer, Benjamin, fl. 1802 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Printed document signed Date: 15 November 1802 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 38.4 cm, Width: 23.2 cm Order a Copy
Titled "policy of assurance." Partially printed. Contains the signatures of Homer and six other insurers and their corresponding sums at the bottom of the page. Insures passage of the horses aboard the schooner Harmon from St. George, Maine, to Antigua. Issued by Abraham Touro's office.
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