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1903 Manhattan 56 WALL STREET Mutual Life Insurance Co. New York BUILDING PLAQUE
1903 Manhattan 56 WALL STREET Mutual Life Insurance Co. New York BUILDING PLAQUE
1903 Manhattan 56 WALL STREET Mutual Life Insurance Co. New York BUILDING PLAQUE
1903 Manhattan 56 WALL STREET Mutual Life Insurance Co. New York BUILDING PLAQUE
1903 Manhattan 56 WALL STREET Mutual Life Insurance Co. New York BUILDING PLAQUE
1903 Manhattan 56 WALL STREET Mutual Life Insurance Co. New York BUILDING PLAQUE

1903 Manhattan 56 WALL STREET Mutual Life Insurance Co. New York BUILDING PLAQUE

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    1903 Manhattan 56 WALL STREET Mutual Life Insurance Co. New York BUILDING PLAQUE
    This salvaged plaque was mounted at the entrance of 56 Wall Street, New York, NY., in 1903.  A 1913 photograph of which can be seen at the "Digital Culture of Metropolitan New York" DCMNY.ORG website.  It was erected by the Canadian Society of New York in memoriam of Morris Robinson.
    Made of solid brass and bronze, it measures 24" x 24" x 1" thick, and it weighs nearly 40lbs.
    Following is a 1903 article from the American Exchange and Review:
    "An interesting memento of the originating work in the development of general mutual life insurance in the United States is the erection of a tablet at 56 Wall Street, New York, where the great Mutual Life Insurance Company began the issuing of policies in February, 1843... The tablet being erected by the Canadian Society of New York is thus inscribed:
    TO THE MEMORY OF
    MORRIS ROBINSON
    A CANADIAN
    BORN IN NOVA SCOTIA SEPTEMBER 1784
    CASHIER OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
    WHO AS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE MUTUAL LIFE  INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
    ESTABLISHED ON THIS SPOT THE
    BUSINESS OF MODERN LIFE INSURANCE ON THE AMERICAN CONTINENT. FEBRUARY 1ST, 1843
    THIS TABLET ERECTED BY THE CANADIAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
    FEBRUARY 1ST, 1903
    In the prescence of a gathering of distinguished ladies and gentlemen, after a brief address by Rev. Dr. George D. Stewart the tablet was unveiled February 2, by Miss Harriett Duer Robinson a granddaughter of the founder of The Mutual Life.  In the course of the ceremonies addresses were delivered by President McCurdy of The Mutual Life; Chancellor McCracken of New York University; and Clarence Whitman, President of the Merchants Association."  (The American Exchange and Review  Volume 57 - Page 79, 1903).
    Another related article from The Standard, can be found online. (The Standard Volume 52 - Page 106, 1903).
    This very interesting piece of history would go well in a collection.
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