ELIOT FIRE INSURANCE CO.-Inc.
1849. Capital, $200,000. No. 63 State
Street. George A. Curtis, Pres.; Wm.
M. Lathrop, Sec.

EQUITABLE SAFETY MARINE AND
FIRE INSURANCE CO.-Inc. 1839.
Merchants' Exchange. John Clark,
Pres.; Saml. Wheeler, Vice-Pres.; J.
Theodore Clark, Sec.
FIREMEN'S INSURANCE COM-
PANY.-Inc. 1831. Capital, $300,-
000. No. 75 State Street. Thomas C.
Amory, Pres.; Shubael G. Rogers, Sec.
FRANKLIN INSURANCE COM-
PANY.- Inc. 1823. Capital, $300.-
000. No. 44 State Street. William M.
Byrnes, Pres.; Edmund B. Whitney,
Sec.

HOME MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE
CO.-Inc. 1859. No. 17 Kilby Street.
Closing business.
MANUFACTURERS'

INSURANCE
CO.-Inc. 1822. Capital, $400,000.
No. 59 State Street. C. W. Cartwright,
Pres.; Samuel Gould, Sec.

MASS. HOSPITAL LIFE INS. CO.-
Inc. 1823. Capital, $500,000, No. 50
State Street. Geo. W. Lyman, Pres.;
Moses L. Hale, Sec.
MASS. MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE

CO.-Inc. 1798. No. 39 State Street, Chas. Wells, Pres.; Wm. Tufts, Sec. MECHANICS' MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.-Inc. 1836. No. 28 State Street. Solomon Hovey, Pres. ; Osborn B. Hall, Sec.

MERCANTILE MARINE INSURANCE CO.-Inc. 1823. Capital, $300,000. No. 58 State Street. Nathaniel Meriam, Pres.; Wm. B. Coffin, Sec. MERCHANTS' INSURANCE CO. Inc. 1816. Capital, $500,000. No. 38 State Street. Thomas C. Smith, Pres.; James C. Braman. Sec.

NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.-Inc. 1832. Capital, $300,000. No. 66 State Street. Aaron H. Bean, Pres.; Geo. W. Kuhn, Sec.

NEPTUNE INSURANCE CO.-Inc.
1831. Capital, $300,000. No. 64 State
Street. Caleb Curtis, Pres.; Geo. F.
Osborn. Sec.

N. E. MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
CO.-Inc. 1835. Organized 1843. No.
39 State Street. Willard Phillips, Pres.;
Benjamin F. Stevens, Sec. (See Adver-
tising department, page 24.)
N. E. MUTUAL MARINE INSUR-
ANCE CO.-Inc. 1839. Merchants'
Exchange, State Street. Geo. C. Lord,
Pres.; Benjamin Lyon, Sec.; Samuel
S. Allen, Asst. Sec.
NORTH AMERICAN FIRE INSUR-

ANCE CO.-Inc. 1851. Capital, $200,000. No. 10 Old State House. Albert Bowker. Pres.; Charles L. Pitts, Sec. PRESCOTT FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE CO.-Inc. 1855. Capital, $100,000. No. 20 Congress Street. Franklin Greene, Jr., Pres.; P. E. Eddy, Sec.

SHOE AND LEATHER DEALERS FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE CO. Inc. 1855. Capital, $200,000. No. 11 Kilby Street. John C. Abbott, Pres.; Cyrus M. Stimson, Sec.

STATE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.-Inc. 1843. No. 27 State Street. Pelham Bonney, Pres.; Leonard B. Adams, Sec.

SUFFOLK FIRE INSURANCE CO-
Inc. 1859. Capital, $150,000. No. 24
Kilby Street. James H. Lunt, Pres. ;
Ewdard Foster, Sec.

TRADERS' MUTUAL FIRE INSUR-
ANCE CO.-Inc. 1854. No. 17 State
Street. Closing business.
TRI-MOUNTAIN MUTUAL FIRE IN-
SURANCE CO.-No. 6 State Street,
(up stairs.) Martin Lennon, Pres. ; P.
Devine, Sec.

UNION MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE
CO.-Inc. 1843. No. 29 State Street.
Enoch Hobart, Pres.; George G. Field,
Sec.

UNION MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
CO., of Augusta, Me.-Incorp. 1848.
Capital, $750.000. Directors' Office,
68 State Street. Henry Crocker, Pres. ;
Whiting H. Hollister, Sec. (See Adver-
tising department, page 24.)
UNITED STATES INSURANCE CO.-
Inc. 1825. Capital, $200,000. No. 74
State Street. Robert B. Williams, Pres. ;
Joshua H. Davis, Sec.

WASHINGTON INSURANCE CO.-
Inc. 1824. Capital, $300,000. No. 72
State Street. Isaac Sweetser, Pres. ;
Benjamin Sweetser, Sec.

COUNTRY INSURANCE

COMPANIES.

ABINGTON MUTUAL FIRE, Abington. -Inc. 1856. Baxter Cobb, Pres.; John N. Noyes. Sec.

H. S.

ADAMS MUTUAL FIRE INS., Adams.
-Inc. 1851. Sanford Blackinton, Pres. ;
Wm. P. Brayton, Sec.
ASHFIELD MUTUAL, Ashfield.
Ranney, Pres.; A. E. Brunson, Sec.
ATLANTIC MUTUAL FIRE & MA-
RINE, Provinctown.-Inc. 1854. Joshua
Paine, Pres.; Enos Nickerson, Sec.
ATTLEBOROUGH MUTUAL FIRE,
Attleboro'.-Inc. 1836. John Daggett,
Pres.; Samuel Carpenter, 2d, Sec.
BARNSTABLE COUNTY MUTUAL
FIRE, Yarmouth Port.-Incorp. 1833.
Zenas D. Bassett, Pres.; Amos Otis,
Secretary.

BAY STATE FIRE, Worcester. - Commenced 1861. Chas. L. Putnam, Pres.; Edward R. Washburn, Sec'y. Capital stock paid in, $104.300. BERKSHIRE LIFE, Pittsfield. · Inc. 1851. Thos. F. Plunkett, Pres.; Benj. Chickering, Sec. Capital, $100,000. BERKSHIRE MUTUAL FIRE, Pittsfield. Inc. 1835. Walter Laflin, Pres.; John A. Walker, Sec.

BEVERLY, Beverly.-Inc. 1853. Mich'l Whitney, Pres.; Robert G. Bennett, Secretary.

BOOT & SHOE MANUFAC. MUTUAL, Lynn.-Inc. 1851. Wm. Bassett, Pres.; Valentine Meader, Secretary. CAMBRIDGE MUTUAL FIRE, Cambridgeport.-Inc. 1833. Josiah W. Cook, Pres.; Henry Thayer, Secretary.

CHARLESTOWN MUTUAL FIRE,
Charlestown.-Inc. 1836. E. P. Mack-
intire, Pres.; E. W. Keyes, Sec.
CHATHAM, Chatham.-Nathaniel Snow,
President.

CHELSEA MUTUAL FIRE, Chelsea.-
Inc. 1847. Jesse Gould, Pres.; Horatio
B. Hersey, Sec.
CITIZENS' MUTUAL FIRE, Brighton.
Inc. 1846. Edward C. Sparhawk, Pres. ;
Stephen W. Trowbridge, Sec.
CITY MUTUAL FIRE, Roxbury.-Aa-
ron D. Williams, Pres.; George Greger-
son, Secretary.

COHASSET MUTUAL FIRE, Cohasset.
- Inc. 1845. Martin Lincoln, Pres.;
J. Q. A. Lothrop, Sec.
COMMERCIAL MUTUAL MARINE,
New Bedford. · Inc. 1853. Charles R.
Tucker, Pres.; William T. Russell, Sec.
Capital, $224,000.

CONWAY MUTUAL FIRE, Conway.Inc. 1849. L. Bodman, jr., Pres.; H. W. Billings, Secretary.

DEDHAM MUTUAL FIRE, Dedham. -Inc. 1837. -, Pres.; Ira

Cleveland, Secretary. DORCHESTER MUTUAL FIRE, Neponset Village. · Inc. 1855. Asaph Churchill, Pres.; Wm. F. Temple, Sec. EQUITABLE MUTUAL MARINE, Provincetown. Inc. 1845. Thomas Hiliard, Pres.; Nathan D. Freeman, Sec. ESSEX MUTUAL FIRE, Salem.-Inc. 1829. George Nichols, Pres.; John H. Nichols, Sec. FAIRHAVEN

MUTUAL MARINE, Fairhaven.-Inc. 1855. F. R. Whitwell, Pres.; John A. Hawes, Sec. FALL RIVER MUTUAL FIRE, Fall River.-Nath'l Borden, Pres.; Benj. F. Winslow, Sec.

FARMERS' MUTUAL FIRE, Georgetown. Inc. 1844. Sam'l Little, Pres.; William Boynton, Sec.

FITCHBURG MUTUAL FIRE, Fitchburg. Inc. 1847. Nath'l Wood, Pres.; Abel Thurston, Sec.

FRANKLIN MUTUAL FIRE, Green-
field. Inc. 1828, Sam'l H. Reed, Pres. ;
Charles Mattoon, Sec.
GLOUCESTER MUTUAL FISHING,
Gloucester.-Inc. 1847. Simeon Burn-
ham, Pres.; Joshua P. Trask, Sec.
GLUCESTER MARINE, Gloucester.-
Inc. 1847. Isaac Somes, Pres.; Alfred
Presson, Sec.

GRANBY MUTUAL, Granby.-Charles
S. Ferry, Pres.; Frederic Taylor, Sec.
GROVELAND MUTUAL. Groveland.-
Inc. 1828. Nath'l H. Griffith, Pres. ;
Nathaniel Ladd, Sec.
HAMPDEN FIRE, Springfield.

-

Inc.

1851. J. C. Pynchon, Pres.; Charles Marsh, Sec.

HAMILTON MUTUAL, Salem. Inc. 1852. Closing business.

HOLLISTON MUTUAL FIRE, Hollis-
ton.-Inc. 1841. Alden Leland, Pres.;
Thomas E. Andrews, Sec.
HOLYOKE MUTUAL FIRE, Salem.-
Inc. 1843. Augustus Story, President;
N. A. Symonds, Sec.
HOUSATONIC MUTUAL FIRE, Stock-
bridge. Inc. 1849. J. E. Field, Pres. ;
Henry J. Dunham, Sec.
HOWARD FIRE, Lowell. Inc. 1848.
Nathan Allen, Pres.; J. W. Daniels,
Secretary.

LOWELL MUTUAL FIRE, Lowell. -
Inc. 1832. James K. Fellows, Pres. ;
George W. Bean, Sec.

LYNN MUTUAL FIRE, Lynn. - Inc. 1828. Nathan D. Chase, Pres.; Andrews Breed, Sec.

LYNN MECHANICS' FIRE & MA-
RINE, Lynn.-Inc. 1833. Micajah C.
Pratt, Pres.; Amos Rhodes, Sec.
MARLBORO' MUTUAL FIRE, Marl-
boro'.- - Mark Fay, Pres.; Hollis Lor-
ing, Sec.
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE,
Springfield. Inc. 1851.
Caleb Rice,
Pres.; F. B. Bacon, Sec.
MASSASOIT, Springfield. Inc. 1857.
Sam'l S. Day, Pres.; Sanford J. Hall,
Secretary.
MERCHANTS' MUTUAL MARINE,
Newburyport. Inc. 1857. Wm. Graves,
Pres.; Joseph J. Knapp, Sec.
MERCHANTS' & FARMERS' MUT'L
FIRE, Worcester. Inc. 1846. Isaac
Davis, Pres. ; John D. Washburn,
Secretary.
MERRIMAC MUTUAL FIRE, Ando-
ver. Inc. 1828. Samuel Merrill, Pres.;
Samuel Gray, Sec.
MIDDLESEX MUTUAL FIRE, Con-
cord. Inc. 1826. Daniel Shattuck,
Pres.; Nathan Brooks, Sec.
MILFORD MUTUAL FIRE, Milford.-
Inc. 1851. Aaron C. Mayhew, Pres. ;
Charles F. Chapin, Sec.

OCEAN, Harwich, Nehemiah D. Kelly, Pres.; J. K. Baker, jr., Sec.

OLD COLONY FIRE AND MARINE, Plymouth.-Inc. 1835. Wm. Nelson, Pres.; Wm. S. Danforth, Sec. PACIFIC MUTUAL, New Bedford,Inc. 1856. Gideon Allen, Pres.; Benj. T. Ricketson, Sec.

PEOPLE'S EQUITABLE MUT. FIRE, Taunton.-Incorp. 1848. Albert Field, Pres.; Philip E. Hill, Sec.

PEOPLE'S MUTUAL FIRE, Worcester. Inc. 1847. Henry Chapin, Pres. ; Augustus N. Currier, Secretary. PLYMOUTH COUNTY MUTUAL, Plymouth.-Inc. 1828. Wm. T. Davis, Pres.; John T. Hall, Sec.

QUINCY MUTUAL FIRE, Quincy.

SALEM MUTUAL FIRE, Salem.-Inc. 1838. John H. Nichols, Pres.; Charles S. Nichols, Sec.

SALISBURY & AMESBURY MUT'L
FIRE. Inc. 1855. Thomas J. Clark,
Pres.; Wm. C. Binney, Sec.
SAUGUS MUTUAL FIRE, Saugus, -
Inc. 1852. Harmon Hall, Pres.; Wil-
bur F. Newhall, Sec,

SOUTH DANVERS MUTUAL FIRE,

South Danvers.-Incorp. 1829. Henry Cook, Pres.; George A. Osborne, Sec. SPRINGFIELD FIRE AND MARINE,

Springfield. Inc. 1851. Edm'd Freeman, Pres.; Wm. Conner, Jr., Sec. SPRINGFIELD MUTUAL FIRE ASSURANCE, Springfield. Inc. 1827. Elijah Blake, Pres.; L. Gorham, Sec. STATE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE, Worcester. Inc. 1845. Isaac Davis, Pres.; Clarendon Harris, Sec. (See advertising department, page 24.) TRADERS' & MECHANICS', Lowell. -Inc. 1848. Charles B. Coburn, Pres. ; Edward F. Sherman, Sec.

TRITON, Chatham.-Joshua Nickerson, President.

UNION MUTUAL MARINE, New Bedford.-Inc. 1851. Thos. S. Hathaway, Pres.; Borden Wood, Sec.

WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, Pitts-
field.-Inc. 1852. Ensign H. Kellogg,
Prea; John C. Goodrich, Sec.
WESTFIELD MUTUAL FIRE, West-
field. Inc. 1853. Edward B. Gillett,
Pres.; Asa P. Rand, Sec.
WESTFORD MUTUAL, Westford.
Zaccheus Reed, Pres.; John Cutter,
Secretary.

WEST NEWBURY MUTUAL FIRE,
West Newbury.-Inc. 1828. Dean Rob-
inson, Pres.; John C. Carr, Sec.
WEYMOUTH AND BRAINTREE MU-
TUAL FIRE, Weymouth.- Inc. 1833.
Elliott L. White, Pres.; Elias Richards,
Secretary.

WHATELY MUTUAL FIRE, Whately.
James M. Crafts, Pres.; Sam'l Lesure,
Cashier.
WORCESTER MUTUAL FIRE, Wor-
cester.-Incorp. 1823. Anthony Chase,
Pres.; Charles M. Miles, Sec.
WORCESTER MECHANIC MUTUAL
FIRE, Worcester. - Inc. 1855. Alex.
H. Bullock, Pres.; Parley Hammond,
Sec.
YARMOUTH MARINE, Yarmouth.
Isaiah Crowell, Pres.; David K. Akin,
Secretary.

ETNA INSURANCE CO.

Of Hartford, Conn. INCORPORATED, 1819. CASH CAPITAL, $1,500,000. SURPLUS, OVER $500,000. Edwin G. Ripley, President. Thos. A. Alexander, Vice-President. L. J. Hendee, Secretary. A. A. Williams, Adjuster.

Samuel Tudor, Joseph Church, Robert Buell, Ebenezer Flower, E. A. Bulkeley, Roland Mather, E. G. Ripley, S. S. Ward, Henry Z. Pratt, Austin Dunham, G. F. Davis, D. Hillyer, Thos. A. Alexander, Walter Keney, Charles H. Brainard, Wm. F. Tuttle, Directors.

Farnham Plummer, Agent, No. 2 Union Building, 40 State Street, Boston.

BERKSHIRE LIFE INS. CO.
Of Pittsfield, Mass.

CASH PAID UP CAPITAL, $100,000; Ac-
CUMULATED SURPLUS, $185,000.
T. F. Plunkett, President. "Jas. Francis,
Vice-Pres. Benj. Chickering, Sec. and

Treas.

T. F. Plunkett, James Francis, George J. Tucker, Theo. Pomeroy, L. H. Gamwell, Thomas G. Carson, Henry S. Briggs, Geo. H. Phelps, Wm. C. Plunkett, Wm. Pollock, Elias Merwin, Phinehas Allen, Jr., Chas. M. Owen, A. H. Pease, P. L. Page, S. Blackinton, Samuel Ingalls, W. M. Root, A. C. Russell, Henry Clark, Henry Stearns, Josiah Carter, Directors.

Augustus A. Gould, M. D., Buckminster Brown, M. D., Examining Physicians.

Office, No. 13 Exchange Street, Room No. 8, Boston.

J. H. Francis, General Agent.

BOOT AND SHOE MANUFACTURERS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.

Office, Lynn Mechanics Bank Building, Lynn.

The risks taken by this Company, besides Dwelling Houses and out-buildings with their contents, are confined exclusively to Buildings and Merchandise connected with the BOOT, SHOE AND LEATHER TRADE.

Wm. Bassett, Pres. Valentine Meader, Sec.

J. E. Westgate, General Agent, and Agent for other responsible Companies. Office, No. 17 Kilby St., Boston. CHARTER OAK LIFE INS. CO. Of Hartford, Conn.

CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $750,000. James C. Walkley, Pres. Thomas W. Russell, Vice-Pres. Samuel H. White,

Sec.

Arthur Merrill, Agent, 27 State Street.

CONNECTICUT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.

Established at Hartford, Conn. Incorporated by the Legislature of Conn., 1846.

ACQUIRED CAPITAL, $4,000,000.

Edwin Ray, General Agent. Office, 20 State Street.

James Goodwin, Pres. Guy R. Phelps, Sec. Chs. G. Putnam, M. D., Physician. James Goodwin, Edwin D. Tiffany, Mason Gross, Edward B. Watkinson, John C. Palmer, Zephaniah Preston, N. M. Waterman, Edward W. Parsons, Henry Perkins, Guy R. Phelps, Hartford; David Wilder, jr, Boston; Chas. Dennis, New York,-Directors. (See also Advertising Department, page 24.)

CONTINENTAL INS. CO.
Of New York City.

CASH CAPITAL, $500,000, WITH LARGE
SURPLUS.

George T. Hope, Pres. H. H. Lamport, Sec.

Arthur Merrill, Agent, 27 State Street. DORCHESTER MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.

Of Dorchester, Mass.
Boston Office, No. 1 Phoenix Building.
INCORPORATED, 1855.

A. Churchill, Pres. W. F. Temple, Sec. John H. Robinson, Treas.

DORCHESTER FIRE INS. CO.

Of Dorchester, Mass.

Boston Office, No. 1, Phoenix Building. CASH CAPITAL, $100,000.

A. Churchill, Pres. and Treas. W. F. Temple, Sec.

FULTON FIRE INS. COMPANY. New York City.

W. A. Cobb, Pres. Alexander Studwell, Vice-Pres. James M. Rankin, Sec.

Andrew B. Hodges, Edward Strong, Grahams Polley, Thomas C. Moore, Thos. M. Clark, James S. Bearns, Edwards W. Fisk, Philip S. Crooke, George Barnes, L. W. Ufford, George T. Cobb, J. M. Furman, Alex. Studwell, John L. Everett, E. Livermore, James Moore, John J. Crane, George W. Prince, M. Kalbfleisch, William A. Cobb, John Moore, Jared Sparks, James L. Morgan, Eli Robbins, James B. Taylor, J. V. Schoonmaker, Julius A. Durkee. Charles B. White, A. J. Allaie, Richard Raynor, William Mulligan, A. S. Foster, M. F. Hodges, B. Blanchard, A. C. Tefft, W. L. Conklin, Seymour L. Husted, Charles E. Smith, O. W. Brenan, Robert Slimmon, Directors.

Dobson & Jordan, Agents, 46 State Street.

HARTFORD FIRE INS. CO.
Of Hartford, Conn.

INCORPORATED, 1810. CASH CAPITAL, $500,000. SURPLUS, OVER $100,000. H. Huntington, Pres. T. C. Allyn, Sec. C. C. Lyman, Assist. Sec. Wm. N. Bowers, Adjuster.

H. Huntington, Albert Day, James Goodwin, Charles Boswell, Henry Keney, Calvin Day, Job Allyn, John P. Brace, Charles J. Russ, Directors.

Farnham Plummer Agent, 2 Union Building, 40 State Street, Boston.

HOME INSURANCE CO.

112 and 114 Broadway, New York.

CASH CAPITAL, $1,000,000. Charles J. Martin, Pres. A. F. Willmarth, Vice-Pres. John McGee, Sec. We select the following references by permission:

C. H. Parker, Esq., firm of A. &. A. Lawrence & Co.; H. K. Horton. Esq., firm of F. Skinner & Co.; S. R. Payson, Esq., firm of J. C. Howe & Co.; H. Callender, Esq., firm of Henry Callender & Co.; Messrs. James M. Beebe & Co.; Messrs. Dana, Farrar & Hyde.

This Company (the capital having_all been paid in) will insure Woollen and Cotton Factories and other Buildings, Merchandise, Household Furniture, and Personal Property generally, against loss or damage by fire, on favorable terms.

Dobson & Jordan, Agents, No. 46 State Street, Boston.

HOWARD FIRE INS. CO.

Of Lowell, Mass.

Insures against hazards by fire, on the
safer classes of property.
CASH CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $150,000.
Nathan Allen, Pres. J. W. Daniels,
Sec. and Treas.

Lowell Office, 234 Central, cor. of Middle Street. (First Floor, Old Post Office Building.)

Cowles, Brown & Co., Boston Agents, 39 State Street, Room No. 2.

HUMBOLDT FIRE INS. CO.

Of the City of New York.

CASH CAPITAL, $200,000. John Rankin, Pres. William Mulligan, Sec. Alexander Wiley, Jr., Assist. Sec. Samuel P. Holmes, Anson G. Phelps, Charles Christmas, George H. Ellery, Alfred Large, Walter S. Griffith, J. S. T. Stranahan, Lowell Holbrook, Robert Boorman, Samuel Sloan, Joshua H. Bates, A. B. Strange, C. B. Caldwell, W. H. McConnell, James McKaye, S. Nelson Davis, Geo. W. Parsons, William L. King, William A. Kobbe, George Bulpin, Nathan Lane, Solomon Freeman, Ebenezer Beadleston, Moses A. Hoppock, William C. Bowers, Willard M. Newell, Henry J. Baker, George Barnes, William Allen, John Armstrong, Edward Bridge, Henry L. Burr, D. R. Stanford, Andrew Comstock, W. D. Thompson, Directors.

Dobson & Jordan, 46 State Street, Boston, Agents.

LAFAYETTE FIRE INS. CO.

Of New York.

CASH CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $175,000. T. I. Bergen, Pres. J. B. Thompson, Jr., Sec.

Policies issued at current rates. Losses equitably adjusted and promptly paid.

Cowles, Brown & Co., Boston Agents, 39 State Street, Room No. 2.

METROPOLITAN FIRE INSURANCE CO.

CASH CAPITAL, $300,000. Office, No. 108 Broadway, New York. This Company insures Buildings, Merchandise, and Personal Property generally, against loss or damage by fire.

The attention of insurers is called to the "participation" system adopted by this company, by which the insured receives seventy-five per cent. of the net profits. and which will result in a return (in scrip bearing interest) of a large portion of the premium; while the stability of the company is also greatly increased thereby.

James Lorimer Graham, President. Edward A. Stansbury, Secretary. Uzziah Wenman, Surveyor.

Boston References.-Thomas C. Smith; Charles W. Cartwright; John M. Forbes; Lyman Nichols; Almy, Patterson, & Co.; Denny, Rice, & Co.; Butler & Sise; Jewett, Tibbetts, & Co.; J. E. Thayer & Brother.

Boston Office, 46 State Street, Dobson & Jordan, Agents.

MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE CO.

Newark, New Jersey.

ASSETS, November 1, 1861, $1,104,572.10. Robert L. Patterson, President. Lewis C. Grover, Vice-President. Benjamin C. Miller, Secretary.

Joseph B. Jackson, M. D. Medical Adpiser, Newark. James Stewart, Medical Adviser, N. Y.

Joseph P. Bradley, Mathematician. Robert L. Patterson, Charles S. Macknet, Lewis C. Grover, Josiah O. Low, Henry McFarlan, Isaac H. Frothingham, Edward A. Strong, John R. Weeks, Andrew S. Snelling, Randall H. Green, Nehemiah Perry, Joseph A. Halsey, Di

rectors.

Prospectuses, Statements, and Applications will be furnished (without charge), and all information desired will be given, by Dobson & Jordan, Agents, 46 State Street, Boston.

N. B.-Persons residing in any portion of the country, desirous of insuring their lives, will be supplied with all the necessary papers, and with minute instructions to enable them to make application by addressing the agents.

Boston References. A. & A. Lawrence & Co.; James M. Beebe & Co.; Blanchard, Sherman, & Co.; Levi Bartlett & Co.; D. B. Stedman & Co.; Gardner Brewer & Co.; Vernon Brown & Son; Hon. Stephen Fairbanks (Treasurer Western Railroad); Hon. Charles G. Loring (Mass. Hospital Life Ins. Co.); Hon. N. A. Thompson; Hon. Homer Bartlett; Charles W. Cartwright, Esq. (Manufac turers Ins. Co.); J. W. Balch, Esq. (Boylston Ins. Co.); Ezra Farnsworth, Esq. (Parker, Wilder, & Co.); Luther Dana, Esq. (Dana, Farrar, & Hyde); William D. Coolidge, Esq.; Watson Freeman, Esq. (late U. S. Marshal); Anson Dexter, Esq. (Dexter, Lambert, & Co.); Hon. Henry Wilson, (U. S. Senator); Joseph W. Clark, Esq. (Clark, Cheney, & Co.); Joseph White, Esq. (Cashier Atlas Bank); L. A. Huntington, Esq.; E. E. Manton, Esq. (Manufacturers' Mutual Ins. Co.); John B. Parker, (Treasurer Eastern Railroad); Peter C. Jones, Esq.; Col. Elijah D. Brigham; Seldon Crockett, Esq.; John B. Turner, Esq.

D. Humphreys Storer, M. D., Medical

Examiner.

Dobson & Jordan, Agents, No. 46 State Street, Boston.

MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO.
Of New York.

OFFICE, No. 94 BROADWAY. For the year ending January 31, 1862. The business of this Company is conducted on the mutual principle, in the strictest sense of the term; the entire surplus, deducting necessary expenses alone, being equitably divided among the assured.

Present accumulated cash assets, the property of the Assured, $8,000,000.

Policies are issued for life, payable at the death of the assured party.

Also, Endowment Assurance Policies payable when the party assured attains a certain age; or at his death, in case that event should occur before the expiration of the term of the policy.

Also, Endowment Policies for children, payable when the child attains the age of 18, 21, or 25 years or upwards, either with or without the return of the whole premium paid, in case the party assured does not attain the age specified.