72 SHELTON : 



the west side of the Schuylkill, on the premises of Dr. Samuel Thomas 

 by whom it was presented to the Company ; this was placed on the 

 south-east corner of the Castle." 



These stones were first relocated at the "Castle" at 

 Ratnbo's rock, in 1862, and were later als3 m^v^sd and relo- 

 cated on the north and south sides of the old relocate! b.iild- 

 ing, where it now stands on the Delaware. No. 4, from the 

 west side of the Schuylkill, has the "arms" on the back, 

 but the other stone, which is much worn and hard to read, 

 but coming from near the Arsenal must have been No. 3, has 

 not the "arms." Somewhere near Claymont, Delaware, is 

 the stump of No. 21 or No. 22, and this, and the four above 

 described are the five only, that I have been able to trace, of 

 the presumably original thirty-three that were set up on " the 

 road to Newcastle." 



There is another very old insurance company of Philadel- 

 phia, the Mutual Assurance Company, the "Green Tree." 

 It dates from 1784, was chartered in 17S6, and the charter 

 was amended in 1801. In Watson's "Annals of Philadel- 

 phia," page 420, reprint edition of 1884, it is stated that on 

 the Haverford road and on the adjoining Gulph road, stones 

 were placed " by the Mutual Assurance Fire Company, as a 

 price for their charter, from the Penn family." While it is 

 possible that the Mutual Company followed the example 

 of the Contributionship and set up these stones, there is 

 nothing to bear the statement out. The Company's minutes 

 have been gone through, but without finding any reference to 

 the matter. Through the courtesy of Librarian Thomas L. 

 Montgomery, of Harrisburg, a search was made in the records 

 of the General Assembly as well as in the Department of 

 Internal Affairs, but without the disclosing of any informa- 

 tion. It is therefore felt that Watson made his statement 

 as to charter payment or consideration on hearsay, or without 

 sufficient warrant. Watson also says that on the Chester road 

 are old stones with the "Queen's insignia" thereon. Noth- 

 ing of this sort has ever been remarked by any one I have 



