(MARITIME INSURANCE) [John Speyer] Cargo. By The Columbian Insurance Company. [1805 Maritime Insurance Policy for Brig Neptune, Captain Peleg Latham, from Bordeaux to New York, taken out by John Speyer.] : , . [New York] 1805. 20" x 15½" In broadside format, a partly-printed letterpress document with manuscript accomplishments, verso docketed. Signed by Paschal N. Smith as company president and Joseph Lands as secretary. An early 19th century American maritime insurance policy insuring the Brig Neptune from loss for $5,000 at a rate of 4 percent. The Columbia Insurance Company stated they were contended to bear the adventures and perils of their policy-holder's voyage: "...of the seas, men of war, fires, enemies, pirates, rovers, thieves, jettisons, letters of mart and counter-mart, surprisals, takings at sea, arrests, restraints, and detainments of all kings, princes or people, of what nation, condition, or quality soever, baratry of the master and mariners, and all other perils..." Speyer, the policy holder, was a New York businessman. He was appointed by General John Armstrong in 1810 to serve as a commercial agent for the United States in Sweden. In this capacity, he corresponded with James Monroe on Swedish-American relations (Koht, pp. 268-280). Speyer also corresponded with Thomas Jefferson. Former fold lines, very good condition. Not on OCLC. Koht, "Bernadotte and Swedish-American Relations, 1810-1814" in "The Journal of Modern History," Vol. 16, No. 4 (Dec., 1944). Price: USD 150.00 other currencies   order no. 141220    inquire

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