Original 1886 Home Insurance Company of New York semi-annual financial statement, paired with a striking 1885–1886 fire-causes statistical chart illustrating the comparative number of fires in the United States by primary cause.

Document 1 – Financial Statement

• Home Insurance Company of New York

• Office: 119 Broadway, New York

• Sixty-Fifth Semi-Annual Statement – January 1886

• Details cash capital, reserve premium fund, unpaid losses, surplus, and full asset breakdown

• Signed by company officers including Chas. J. Martin (President)

• Dated January 12, 1886

Document 2 – Fire Causes Diagram

• Large circular diagram printed in red

• Based on The Chronicle Fire Tables

• Shows causes such as incendiarism (arson), lightning, matches, lamps, stoves, sparks, accidents, carelessness, and more

• Copyright 1885

Book 10 page 49

5.5" by 7.75"