Subject: Fire insurance

A four-page broadside/letter dated August 8, 1853, from the Baltimore Fire Insurance Company to W. Stabler & Bro. in Alexandria, Virginia. The broadside is an invoice or bill for insurance payments due. It features an illustration and lists J. I. Cohen Jr. as President and Joshua I. Cohen as a Director. A postal stamp is visible.

This trade card advertises F. Cohen, a grocer and provision dealer located at 15 Avenue C, corner of 2nd Street, New York City. The front of the card features an image of a fireman. [The card may have advertised a fire insurance policy in conjunction with the grocer and provision business.] The back of the card contains the business's address and a full advertisement.