Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from One Hundred Fifty Years of Providence Washington Insurance Company, 1799-1949
Though its offices at different times have been housed in various buildings, they have never been more than two hundred yards from the original location, and have always looked out on Market Square and the headwaters of the Providence River, center of the town's business life. The Providence Washington and the city have grown together, each leaving an indelible mark upon the other. The history of one can be told only by including the history of the other. It is our purpose here to present the story of the company's life show ing not only its relation to the ever-changing scene and to the other institutions in whose formation and development it played a part, but also its relationship to the field of insurance as a whole. For the benefit of students of the history of insurance in Rhode Island an annotated copy of this volume has been filed with the Provi dence Washington Insurance Company and in the libraries of the Rhode Island Historical Society and Brown University. The authors wish to express their appreciation of the generous assistance and many helpful suggestions given them by the members of the staff of the Providence Washington Insurance Company, Professor James B. Hedges of Brown University, Mr. Clifford P. Monahon, librarian of the Rhode Island Historical Society, and Mr. John Hutchins Cady. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
