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Dry goods merchant account book (New York and New Jersey)
- Title
- Dry goods merchant account book (New York and New Jersey), 1758-1772.
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Status | 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. | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol NYGB 18226 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.
- Description
- .92 linear foot (1 volume).
- Summary
- The collection consists of an account book from an unnamed merchant, who dealt in a variety of items such as Dutch lace, leather goods, vegetables, dry goods, and other sundries. Names recurring in the accounts include Mrs. [Charles Ward?] Apthorp; Nicholas, Samuel, and William Bayard; John, Oliver, Peter, and Stephen De Lancey; Captain Thomas Gamble; Leonard Lispenard; Abraham Lott; James Rivington; Col. [Beverly?] Robinson; Sir John St. Clair; Col. Roger Morris; and Capt. [Thomas?] Sowers. Locations of customers noted within the accounts include Westchester, New York; Amboy, New Jersey; and Manhattan.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Account books.
- Access (note)
- Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Source (note)
- Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
- Location of Other Archival Materials (note)
- Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.
- Provenance (note)
- Presented to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society in 1944.
- Call Number
- MssCol NYGB 18226
- OCLC
- 664263025
- Title
- Dry goods merchant account book (New York and New Jersey), 1758-1772.
- Restricted Access
- Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Location of Other Archival Materials
- Account books collection, 1760-1936, bulk (1800-1900); Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.
- Provenance
- Presented to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society in 1944.
- Source
- Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 2008.
- Occupation
- Merchants New JerseyMerchants New York (State)
- Added Author
- New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol NYGB 18226