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Philip Mazzei papers
- Title
- Philip Mazzei papers, 1775-1785.
- Author
- Mazzei, Filippo, 1730-1816.
- Supplementary Content
- Collection guide and digital images
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | volume 1 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 1927 volume 1 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
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- Description
- .21 linear foot (1 volume).
- Summary
- Filippo Mazzei (1730-1816), also known as Philip Mazzei, was an Italian physician, merchant, and agriculturist who served as state agent for Virginia in Europe during the American Revolution, from 1779 to 1782. The Philip Mazzei papers, dated 1775-1785, consist of letters and writings by Mazzei pertaining to his service as state agent for Virginia in Europe, 1779-1783, and letters to his friend and business associate John Page of Rosewell, Virginia, 1775-1785. Letters sent by Mazzei to Virginia governors Thomas Jefferson, 1779-1781, and Benjamin Harrison, 1782, along with two related narratives, describe his attempts to obtain aid for Virginia in the form of loans and supplies and to generally serve the American cause, as seen in his accounts of his social and business engagements and efforts to gather useful intelligence. Related writings consist of Mazzei's narrative of his capture and imprisonment by the British in 1779, and a comprehensive summary of his work and correspondence in Europe, particularly in France and Italy, from 1779 until his return to Virginia in 1783. Letters to John Page concern Mazzei's experience with viticulture in Virginia, difficulties with his work in Europe, and personal matters.
- Subjects
- Virginia > Politics and government > 1775-1783
- Memoirs
- Agriculturists
- Viticulture > Virginia
- Merchants
- Europe > Politics and government > 18th century
- Mazzei, Filippo, 1730-1816
- United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Prisoners and prisons
- United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Foreign public opinion
- Italy > Politics and government > 18th century
- France > Politics and government > 18th century
- Estaing, Charles Henri, comte d', 1729-1794
- United States > Foreign relations > 1775-1783
- United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Personal narratives
- Virginia > History > Revolution, 1775-1783
- Genre/Form
- Memoirs.
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Digital images must be used in lieu of originals.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Available as digital images.
- Funding (note)
- Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
- Source (note)
- Purchased from F.G. Sweet, 1925, with additional purchases 1927 and 1953.
- Call Number
- MssCol 1927
- OCLC
- 122615879
- Author
- Mazzei, Filippo, 1730-1816.
- Title
- Philip Mazzei papers, 1775-1785.
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.Digital images must be used in lieu of originals.
- Additional Formats
- Available as digital images.
- Funding
- Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
- Finding Aids
- Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Source
- Purchased from F.G. Sweet, 1925, with additional purchases 1927 and 1953.
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- Occupation
- Agriculturists.Merchants.
- Added Author
- Page, John, 1744-1808, recipient.Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, recipient.Harrison, Benjamin, approximately 1726-1791, recipient.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 1927