Martell Fire Insurance Company records, 1878-1945.

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US ARC River Falls SC 305

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Martell Fire Insurance Company records, 1878-1945.

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  • 1878-1945 (creation)

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0.2 cubic feet (2 folders)

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Scope and content

Records including articles of association, by-laws, minutes of annual and directors' meetings, policies issued and cancelled, and treasurer's accounts. Also included is one volume (1908-1945) containing bylaws, minutes, lists of subscribers, and expenditures and settlements with policy holders.
The mutual insurance company was organized in 1878 primarily to serve farmers in Pierce County's towns of Martell, Gilman, and Ellsworth.

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COLLECTION STORED, ALL or IN-PART, AT ARC: Collection can be requested for transfer through the Area Research Center (ARC) Network, consult Reading Room Staff.

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Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright may have not been transferred to the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.

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      Presented by the Town of El Paso, Pierce County, Wis., July 1984 and Jennifer O'Brien, Hammond, Wis., 1992.

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      89116139411

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      145792919

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