Research Catalog
Henriques family papers, bulk (ca. 1775-1820).
- Title
- Henriques family papers, 1725-1834, bulk (ca. 1775-1820).
- Author
- Henriques family.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 2.25 linear feet (5 boxes, 2 v.)
- Subjects
- Merchants
- Lawyers
- Grocers
- Nova Scotia > Commerce
- New York (N.Y.) > Commerce
- Medicine > Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
- Decedents' estates > New York (State) > New York
- Theater > New York (State) > New York
- Practice of law > New York (State) > New York
- Marine insurance
- Education > New York (State) > New York
- Methodist Church
- Renton family
- Henriques family
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Source (note)
- Hickory Ledge Bookshop
- Biography (note)
- The Henriques family, a mercantile family originally from Portugal, lived in England, Scotland, Nova Scotia, and the U.S.
- Processing Action (note)
- Surveyed
- Cataloging updated
- Call Number
- MssCol 1382
- Author
- Henriques family.
- Title
- Henriques family papers, 1725-1834, bulk (ca. 1775-1820).
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Summary
- Collection consists of correspondence, legal papers, cash and account books, receipts, newsclippings, tracts, writings, and other documents representing four generations of the Henriques family. Bulk of the papers pertains to Philip Henriques's various business ventures in Nova Scotia and New York City, as well as his membership in the Methodist Church. Correspondence, 1740-1831, is mostly between Jane Henriques, the principal heir to the estate of her father, David Lopes Henriques, and attorney James Murray and between Jane and her brother Philip. David Lopes Henriques's papers, 1732-1777, consist of estate papers, ship insurance policies, and other documents. Janet Henriques's papers, 1745-1759, are primarily legal papers. Also, some papers of Jane Henriques, 1759-1796, and Jacob Lopes Henriques, 1732-1777; medical recipes and prescriptions for the family; and school and navigation books belonging to Philip Jr. and William.
- Biography
- The Henriques family, a mercantile family originally from Portugal, lived in England, Scotland, Nova Scotia, and the U.S.
- Finding Aids
- Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Grocers.Lawyers.Merchants.
- Added Author
- Henriques, David Lopes, -1775.Henriques, Jacob Lopes.Henriques, Jane, 1754-1794.Henriques, Janet Fish Home.Henriques, Philip, 1775-1834.Murray, James.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 1382