Collectie GB 0064 GMA - General Maritime Assurance Company

Identificatie

referentie code

GB 0064 GMA

Titel

General Maritime Assurance Company

Datum(s)

  • 1839-1851 (Vervaardig)

Beschrijvingsniveau

Collectie

Omvang en medium

8ft: 244cm

Context

Naam van de archiefvormer

Biografie

The General Maritime Assurance Company appears to have been established in London in 1839 with an authorised capital of one million pounds. At a time when there was a great deal of activity in the promotion of specialist marine insurance companies, of the authorised ten thousand shares, only 7,500 were allotted; by 1848 only five thousand were still registered. The affairs of the company did not flourish, and the company seems to have ceased trading in 1848. The directors of the company, who also took charge of its liquidation, were defendants in Hallet v Dowdall, 1852, a case concerning the liability of shareholders in insurance claims.

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Geschiedenis van het archief

GB 0064 GMA 1839-1851 Collection 8ft: 244cm General Maritime Assurance Company

The General Maritime Assurance Company appears to have been established in London in 1839 with an authorised capital of one million pounds. At a time when there was a great deal of activity in the promotion of specialist marine insurance companies, of the authorised ten thousand shares, only 7,500 were allotted; by 1848 only five thousand were still registered. The affairs of the company did not flourish, and the company seems to have ceased trading in 1848. The directors of the company, who also took charge of its liquidation, were defendants in Hallet v Dowdall, 1852, a case concerning the liability of shareholders in insurance claims.

The records were presented through the British Records Association in 1966.

Papers of the General Maritime Assurance Company including papers of cases tried in the Exchequer Court of Common Pleas, concerning vessels insured with the company, 1839 to 1851. They include extracts from log books, survey reports and correspondence.

Please contact the Archive for further information.

Please contact the Archive for further information.

English

Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .

Edited by Sarah Drewery, Jun 2011.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

2011-04-20 General Maritime Assurance Company Finance Insurance

Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging

The records were presented through the British Records Association in 1966.

Inhoud en structuur

Bereik en inhoud

Papers of the General Maritime Assurance Company including papers of cases tried in the Exchequer Court of Common Pleas, concerning vessels insured with the company, 1839 to 1851. They include extracts from log books, survey reports and correspondence.

Waardering, vernietiging en slectie

Aanvullingen

Ordeningstelsel

Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik

Voorwaarden voor raadpleging

Please contact the Archive for further information.

Voorwaarden voor reproductie

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Taal van het materiaal

  • Engels

Schrift van het materiaal

  • Latijn

Taal en schrift aantekeningen

English

Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen

Toegangen

Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .

Verwante materialen

Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen

Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën

Related units of description

Related descriptions

Aantekeningen

Alternative identifier(s)

Trefwoorden

Onderwerp trefwoord

Geografische trefwoorden

Naam ontsluitingsterm

Genre access points

Beschrijvingsbeheer

Identificatie van de beschrijving

Identificatiecode van de instelling

National Maritime Museum

Toegepaste regels en/of conventies

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Status

Niveau van detaillering

Verwijdering van datering archiefvorming

Taal (talen)

  • Engels

Schrift(en)

    Bronnen

    Voorwaarden voor raadpleging en gebruik