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Bayard-Campbell-Pearsall families papers

Title: Bayard-Campbell-Pearsall families papers, 1659-1898.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Box 21, f.7	Mixed material	By appointment only	*ZL-333 Box 21, f.7	Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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Description

12 linear feet (36 boxes).

Summary

Collection contains business and family correspondence; accounts and business papers; and land papers consisting of deeds and maps primarily related to New York City, New York State, and other east coast states.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Maps.

Access (note)

Restricted access;

Source (note)

Townsend, Howard

Biography (note)

The Bayards, Campbells and Pearsalls were leading merchant and business families of New York who where related by marriage.

Processing Action (note)

Surveyed
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Call Number

MssCol 230

OCLC

NYPW89-A326

Title

Bayard-Campbell-Pearsall families papers, 1659-1898.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

The Bayards, Campbells and Pearsalls were leading merchant and business families of New York who where related by marriage. Several members were Loyalists during the American Revolution. Family members had business interests in England, the Caribbean and South America. The firm of LeRoy, Bayard & McEvers sold medicine, silk goods, liquor, earthenware, and tobacco to Peru; and bought and sold timber, spices, food, apparel, and hardware in addition to buying and selling land, managing farms, and performing banking functions. Leading members of the families represented are William Bayard, Duncan P. Campbell, Thomas Pearsall, Samuel Cornell, Herman LeRoy, and Jerome Sillem.

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