Thank You!
December at Montpelier has been hopping. We had the Christmas Candlelight Tours during the first weekend of the month. Last weekend, the Center for the Constitution held its Introduction to the Constitution seminar. 2009 may be coming to a close, but the staff is abuzz making plans for 2010. 
In the midst of all the excitement, we received some great news: Albemarle Family Living magazine’s readers voted to give honors to Montpelier in two categories of the Albemarle Family Favorite Awards! The readers voted Montpelier second in both the “local historic site” and “regional historic site” categories!
Thank you to all of our friends who voted for us. The Piedmont is a beautiful area filled with exciting things to do. We’re honored that you have chosen Montpelier as one of your favorites. We look forward to continuing to welcome you to the Home of the Father of the Constitution and the woman who inspired the title “First Lady.”
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On a recent tour we were told of Montpeleir being insured after a fire and wondered if it was insured by Virginia Mutual as they were established in the 18th century. We inquired with them and recived this reply and thought your staff would be interested.
“To James and Debbie Wilson:
Thank you for your inquiry. The Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia did insure Montpelier for President James Madison but in 1799 rather than in 1776. It is unlikely that he had insurance in 1776 from any other company but it is possible. A few European companies were writing polices at that time.”
Best regards, Jerry
L. Gerald Roach, CPCU, FLMI, CFE
President
Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia
Direct Telephone and Fax 804-213-3672
jroach@mutual-assurance.com
Hi Jerry,
thanks so much for the comment–we do have three wonderful plats containing baseline descriptions of the house from the Mutual Assurance Society from 1799, 1808, and 1813. Thanks for the contact with the current president from the MAS.
Wow it would have never even occured to me that they even had house insurance available back then. It is great that drawings were made back then. Did they establish a value for the property it would be interesting to know.