Danforth John B and Herbert a Claiborne (1 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Good binding. Octavo. [4], 153, [1] pp. First edition. As issued, backed in cloth with corners over cloth-covered boards. Binding is heavily soiled; offsetting to the title page spread from clippings that are no longer laid in; contents toned throughout, but otherwise clean. An interesting history of the oldest insurance company in the South largely structured around legal proceedings throughout the century. Includes opinions of of John Marshall, Edmund Randolph, John Wickham and others. The preface touts the outline as having weathered the Civil War, meeting all its liabilities as though it hadn't ever happened. …