Title: Watertown Fire Insurance Co. Policy Signed As President by Willard Ives, an Organizer of Syracuse University, President of Ives Seminary and a U.S. Congressman.
Description: Watertown, NY: June 3, 1877. 1877. - A 17 inch high by 22-3/4 inch wide sheet of paper has been folded in half & then folded 2 additional times to form a document 8-1/2 inches high by 4 inches wide. The printed document is filled in in ink by an agent and signed "Willard Ives" beside his printed title "President". Illustrated with an engraving of the fire insurance company's building. There is some staining and light soiling to the document & 1 corner is creased. There is a crease with short tears to the right edge & a tear & chip along the first fold. Good.
Though he liked best to be known as a farmer and owned Hillcrest Farm in Watertown for 48 years, Willard Ives [1806-1896] was a noted and active participant in the life of Jefferson County and beyond. He was a leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church, was a delegate to the world convention of Methodists held in London in 1846, and served as President of Ives Seminary in Antwerp, NY. In addition to his presidency of the fire insurance company, he was a director of the Bank of Watertown, a founder and second president of the Jefferson County Orphan Asylum and president of the Jefferson County Agricultural Society in 1848. He was one of the organizers of Syracuse University and represented his district in Congress as a Democrat from 1851-53. Good .
Keywords: NEW YORK STATE; JEFFERSON COUNTY; WATERTOWN, NY; WATERTOWN FIRE INSURANCE CO. POLICY SIGNED AS PRESIDENT BY WILLARD IVES, AN ORGANIZER OF SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, PRESIDENT OF IVES SEMINARY AND A U.S. CONGRESSMAN; METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH LEADER; DIRECTOR O
- Book number: 36710
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