Assurance policy

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OBJECT TYPE: FIRE
DATE: 1821
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1968.0293.001

MANUFACTURER: QUEBEC FIRE ASSURANCE CO.
MODEL: JOHN DELISLE, MONTREAL
LOCATION: Québec, Québec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 2410
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PAPER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 50.7 cm
Width: 40.4 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Fire Fighting
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: QUEBEC
Country: Canada
State/Province: Québec
City: Québec

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: 1821
Canada: EXAMPLE OF AN EARLY CANADIAN INSURANCE POLICY.
Function: USED TO SET OUT THE SPECIFIC BUILDINGS INSURED AGAINST FIRE, THE AMOUNT PAID FOR THE INSURANCE, THE AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE PAID TO THE INSURER, AND RESTRICTIONS ON THE INSURANCE BEING PAID OUT.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: HEADING ON POLICY READS: 'By the Quebec Fire Assurance Company'/ REST READS IN PART: 'D No. 2410/ This Policy of Assurance Witnesseth, That John Delisle Esquire, for the City of Montreal.../ Done at Quebec, this Twenty-fifth day of June 1821...'
Missing: N/A
Finish: WHITE PAPER WITH BLACK PRINTING AND BLACK INK WRITING
Decoration: N/A

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QUEBEC FIRE ASSURANCE CO., Assurance policy, 1821, Artifact no. 1968.0293, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0293.001/

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