Historical essay on the rise and early progress of the doctrine of life-contingencies in England : leading to the establishment of the first life-assurance society in which ages were distinguished / by Edwin James Farren.

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Historical essay on the rise and early progress of the doctrine of life-contingencies in England : leading to the establishment of the first life-assurance society in which ages were distinguished / by Edwin James Farren.