Harleigh Dean Robbins to Charles W. Chesnutt, 29 August 1931
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CHERRY 6900
Thos. M. Robbins & Son
GENERAL INSURANCE UNDERWRITERS
1311 WILLIAMSON BUILDING
CLEVELAND, OHIO
August 29, 1931
Mr. Chas. W. Chestnutt
Union Trust Bldg.,
Cleveland, Ohio
Dear Sir:
Re: New Amst. LA-1096981
Amer. Natl. A6020642
At the request of your Broker, Mr. M. W. Kline3 we are pleased to enclose herewith the above captioned policies affording you protection as follows:-
10/10 Liability & $5000 Property Damage on 1930 Ford Sedan
$3750 Accident
$400.00 Fire, theft & tornado insurance.
We trust you will find the enclosed issued in accordance with your wishes, but if any changes or corrections are in order, kindly advise us and same will receive our prompt attention.
Assuring you of our appreciation of your business, we are
Very truly yours, THOS. M. ROBBINS & SON By H. D. RobbinsP. S. Please note:-Remittance for invoice covering policies enclosed, payable DIRECT to THOS. M. ROBBINS & SON.
Correspondent: White insurance broker Thomas Maxwell Robbins (1872–1947) founded his insurance company in Cleveland in the early 1900s. His son Harleigh Dean Robbins (1896–1966) joined the company in 1919 and continued to run it after his father's death.
1. The New Amsterdam Casualty Company, founded in 1898 in New York, was a nationwide insurer. [back]
2. The American National Fire Insurance Company of Columbus, Ohio, was founded in 1916 by John W. Zuber (1878–1945); by 1930, it had affiliates nationwide. [back]
3. Morris W. Kline (1892–1968) was a White Cleveland insurance broker who founded his own company, Morris W. Kline Co., in 1919. He was the agent for various other Cleveland insurance companies, and also dealt in bonds and investments. He is possibly the "Mr. Kline" who spoke to Chesnutt on behalf of the State Mortgage Investment Company, and was later Chesnutt's insurance broker, as documented in correspondence from 1930 to 1931. [back]
