History of Springfield, Illinois, its attractions as a home and advantages for business, manufacturing, etc. Pub. under the auspices of the Springfield board of trade, by J. C. Power.

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AGENTS OF ALL KINDS. fers all the advantages of any other first
INSURANCE. class life insurance company, and Mr.
HILL &; FLOWEIR-Among the institu- Coleman is one of the most reliable insurance men in this part of the country.
tions of the city may be classed the insu- surance men in this part of the country.
His office is on Monroe street, opposite
rance agency of Messrs. ill & Iflower,
who have fine and commodious rooms
just opposite the Post Office. Mr. J. S. GRANT & BURRILL, in the old Post OfHill, the senior partner, is, with one ex- flee building, are also extensively enception, the oldest insurance agent in gaged in the insurance business. Both
the State, having entered the business in are well known and popular agents.
1836. Since 1845 Mr. Hill has been en- Their business is quite large, and they
gaged in insuring in this city. His first aim to give satisfaction to each and every
company, which he still retains (the old- customer. They represent nine compaest in the State and among the best), was ies —eight fire and one life. Among
the Illinois Mutual. Mr. Hill is well their fire companies is the Sangamo, a
and favorably known by all our citizens. home institution of Springfield.
Mr. Flower has been engaged in the in- HUGHES & SMITH are also largely ensurance business since 1864. Prior to gaged in the business of insurance. They
that time he was engaged in teaching represent some of the best companies in
school, but was compelled to abandon the United States, and always adjust the
that occupation on account of poor health. losses of the companies they represent.
He is a tip top business man, and deser- E. B. HAWLEY is agent for the Etna
vedly popular. This firm represent the Life Insurance Company of Hartford, one
New York Mutual Life, the largest and of the old established companies. It
best company in the world, also the old- gives all the advantages any other first
est in America. Messrs. Hill & Flower class company does.
also represent the following fourteen fire THOMAS LEwIs is Manager of the Illiinsurance companies, which they chal- nois State Department of the Atlas Mulenge the world to produce their equal tual Life Insurance Company of St.
for reliability, safety and promptness- Louis, Mo. Thiscompany has abolished
Below will be found the list, all restrictions on travel, in any part of
iEtna, Hartford, $5,738,635; City Fire, the world.
Hartford, $548,287; Hartford, Hartford, EXPRESS COMPANIES.
$2,737,519; Home, New York, $4,578,008;
Manhattan, N. Y., $1,407,788; Market, E.D. JUDD is agent for the American
N t Y a, $704,684; Merchants, Hartford, Merchants Union. Office on Washington
$540,000; Merchants, Chicag, 878,252; street, between Fifth and Sixth.
540North Americans, Hartford', $546,563; J. W. CARTER is agent for the United
North American, Hartford, $546,563;
States Express Company.
New York Mutual Life, gross assets
nearly $45,000,000; Phoenix, Hartford, REAL ESTATE AGENTS AND ABSTRACT
$1,738,921; Security, N. Y., $1,880,333; WRITERS.
Springfield F. & M., Mass., $936,400. EDWARD A. WILSON is the well known
A. W. COLEMAN is the General Agent agent of the Charter Oak Life Insurance
of the Globe Mutual Life Insurance Com- Company, of Hartford, Conn. For the
pany of New York. This company is- last five years he has held that position,
sues registered policies, which secures a and in his hands the interests of the
guarantee from the State of New York company have been well guarded and
for re-insurance in the event of a failure advanced, as the records of his business
of the company. The Globe Mutual of- fully demonstrate.
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