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Letter from Hays & Polock to Michael Gratz Regarding Insurance Losses, September 13, 1768

Autograph document signed by Moses Michael Hays and Myer Polock, written to Michael Gratz on September 13, 1768. The letter details losses to be recovered in Amsterdam on insurance ordered by Isaac Elizer, providing an accounting of insurance payments for numerous losses in pounds and guilders. The two-page letter includes an autograph address panel with a New York postmark and bishop's mark. This letter exemplifies cross-Atlantic insurance interactions.

Associated People/Businesses

Hays, Moses Michael, 1739-1805
Polock, Myer
Elizer, Isaac
Gratz, Michael, 1740-1811
Hays & Polock
Hays, Moses Michael / Polock, Myer / Gratz, Michael

Geography

New York City
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania

Subjects

Insurance
International trade
Merchants
Finance

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 1, Folder 164