Collection consists of personal correspondence, 1790-1824, and business correspondence, 1722-1822, with business clients, tobacco growers, and business associates in Ireland, England, Scotland, Europe, and America, including accounts of the effects on commerce and social life in Ireland of the French landing at Killala in County Mayo and the 1798 Irish rebellion in the north-west and south. There also are business accounts, 1726-1819; account books, 1755-1812; some account books recording workmen's hours and wages; banking, insurance and legal papers; pamphlets, leaflets and broadsides; published records of disbursement by the County of Dublin (Abstracts of Presentments), 1807-1819; and maps and surveys, 1723-1819.
Nathaniel Trumbull (1749-1823) was an Irish tobacco merchant. He ran a tobacco firm in Dublin until 1814 when he transferred it to his nephew and partner, Nathaniel Anderson. Thereafter, he led the life of a country gentleman until his death.
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Biography
Nathaniel Trumbull (1749-1823) was an Irish tobacco merchant. He ran a tobacco firm in Dublin until 1814 when he transferred it to his nephew and partner, Nathaniel Anderson. Thereafter, he led the life of a country gentleman until his death.
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