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Description
Fire insurance policy from the Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia (MAS) scanned from microfilm. MAS began issuing policies in 1796 and UMW holds microfilm copies of policies created from 1796 to 1867. The Library of Virginia holds the original polices. Computer-generated PDF transcripts are available for download below, listed under Additional Files.
City
Martinsburg
County
Berkeley
Address
Marshall College Alley
Date
1803
Reel Number
0002
Volume Number
0023
Policy Number
172
Policy Type
Declaration
Policy Holder Name
Wilcox, Robert
Rights
No Copyright - United States (http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/)
Text Transcript
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Transcript
No. 172
Declaration for Assurance.
I the underwritten Robert Wilcox residing at [home city] in the County of [home county] do hereby declare for Assurance in the Mutual Assurance Society against Fire on Buildings of the State of Virginia, Established 26th December, 1795, agreeable to the several acts of the General Assembly of this state, to wit:
My one Buildings on Marshall College Alley at Martinsburg now occupied by [tenant first and last Name] situated between [adjacent property owner] and [adjacent property owner] in the county of Berkeley. Their dimensions, situation and contiguity to other buildings or wharves, what the walls are built of, and what the buildings are covered with, are specified in the hereunto annexed description of the said Buildings on the plat, signed by me and the appraisers, and each valued by them as appears by their certificate hereunder, to wit:
- The dwelling marked A at [value of building A] Say [value of building A spelled out] Dollars.
700 [total value in dollars]
Say [total value spelled out] Dollars in all.
I do hereby declare and affirm that I hold the above mentioned buildings with the land on which they stand in fee simple, and that they are not, nor shall be insured elsewhere, without giving notice thereof, agreeably to the policy that may issue in my name, upon the filing of this declaration, and provided the whole sum do not exceed four-fifths of the verified value, and that I will abide by, observe, and adhere to the Constitution, Rules, and Regulations as are already established, or may hereafter be established by a majority of the insured, present in person, or by representatives, at a general Meeting to be agreed upon for the said Assurance Society. Witness my hand and seal at [signing location] the [day number spelled out] day of [month] 1803
[Signature and seal]
WE the underwritten, being each of us House-Owners, declare and affirm that we have examined the above mentioned Property of Robert Wilcox and that we are of opinion that it would cost in cash [$ amount in words] Dollars to build the same, and is now (after the deduction of [$ amount in words] Dollars for decay or bad repair) actually worth [total $ amount in words] Dollars in ready money, and will command the same as above specified to the best of our knowledge and belief, ad he the said subscriber has acknowledged before us his above signature.
[Signature] Residing in [location]
[Signature]
[Signature]
[Signature]
Illustration Information
The policy includes a footprint drawing of the following insured structure(s):
- 2 story dwelling, built with a wood structure and wood roof.