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Samuel L. Gouverneur correspondence
- Title
- Samuel L. Gouverneur correspondence, 1822-1851.
- Author
- Gouverneur, Samuel L. (Samuel Lawrence), 1799-1867.
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- Finding Aid
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Permit needed | *ZL-459 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
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- Description
- .2 linear foot (1 box).
- Summary
- Collection consists of letters to Gouverneur from John Quincy Adams, John C. Calhoun, William Henry Harrison, Winfield Scott, and others; drafts or copies of Gouverneur's letters; and his correspondence, 1835, as postmaster of New York, with the Antislavery Society, the postmaster of Charleston, S.C., and the authorities at Washington, D.C., concerning disturbances caused by the transmission of abolitionist matter through the mails.
- Subjects
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Additional Formats (note)
- Entire collection available on microfilm;
- Source (note)
- Cadwalader, John L.
- Biography (note)
- Samuel Lawrence Gouverneur (1799-1867), American politician and capitalist, was postmaster of New York City from 1828 to 1836.
- Processing Action (note)
- Surveyed
- Cataloging updated
- Call Number
- MssCol 1187
- Author
- Gouverneur, Samuel L. (Samuel Lawrence), 1799-1867.
- Title
- Samuel L. Gouverneur correspondence, 1822-1851.
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Additional Formats
- Entire collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library.
- Biography
- Samuel Lawrence Gouverneur (1799-1867), American politician and capitalist, was postmaster of New York City from 1828 to 1836. His wife, Maria Hester Monroe, was the daughter of U.S. President James Monroe. After 1850, Gouverneur moved to Maryland.
- Finding Aids
- Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
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- Occupation
- Financiers and capitalists.Politicians.
- Added Author
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850.Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841.Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866.American Anti-Slavery Society.
- LCCN
- ms 71001202
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 1187