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Collin MacGregor letterbooks

Title
  1. Collin MacGregor letterbooks, 1782-1794.
Supplementary content
  1. Collection guide and digital images
Author
  1. MacGregor, Coll, -1801.

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FormatMixed materialAccessRequest in advanceCall numberMssCol 3517Item locationSchwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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Description
  1. .21 linear foot (1 box)
Summary
  1. Collin MacGregor (died 1801), known as Coll MacGregor, was a Scottish New York City merchant acting on behalf of Loyalist or British businessmen in Nova Scotia, Great Britain and elsewhere. The collection consists of letterbooks dated 1783-1784, 1786-1789, and 1793-1794 (six volumes); and a priced inventory of goods shipped to and by MacGregor, 1785 (one volume). The letterbook for 1783-1784 includes accounts for 1782-1783, and a ledger sheet for 1791-1792 is also present. Letters are written chiefly to his principal clients, dated predominantly as follows: John Mackenzie, 1783-1784; Neil Jamieson, 1786-1789; and James R. Miller (Miller, Hart & Co.), 1793-1794. He also acted for Shedden, Patrick & Co. Business dealings include an early dry goods venture in Albany, management of investments and debt collection, land speculation in New York State, and disposal of cargoes, including tobacco from his clients' businesses in Virginia. Legal consultations with Alexander Hamilton and the financial affairs of Robert Morris are sometimes noted. MacGregor's letters also describe the impact of political affairs on business, from the aftermath of the British Evacuation of 1783 to the U.S. Constitution, 1787-1789, and the embargo of 1794. A few pages are missing from the letterbooks.
Subject
  1. Merchants
  2. Great Britain
  3. United States
  4. Virginia
  5. Nova Scotia
  6. Mackenzie, John
  7. accounts
  8. Great Britain > Commerce > 18th century
  9. Shedden, Patrick & Co
  10. New York (State) > New York
  11. United States > Politics and government > 1783-1809
  12. New York (N.Y.) > Commerce > 18th century
  13. Virginia > Commerce > 18th century
  14. Albany (N.Y.) > Commerce > 18th century
  15. letter books
  16. Miller, Hart & Co
  17. Commerce
  18. Merchants > New York (State) > New York > 18th century
  19. Tobacco industry > Virginia > 18th century
  20. Jamieson, Neil
  21. Dry-goods
  22. Nova Scotia > Commerce > 18th century
  23. Real property > New York (State) > 18th century
  24. New York (State) > Albany
  25. 1700-1799
Genre/Form
  1. accounts.
  2. letter books.
Call number
  1. MssCol 3517
Access (note)
  1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
  2. Digital images must be used in lieu of originals.
Additional formats (note)
  1. Available as digital images.
Funding (note)
  1. Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Source (note)
  1. Purchased from Morris, 1900
Author
  1. MacGregor, Coll, -1801.
Title
  1. Collin MacGregor letterbooks, 1782-1794.
Restricted access
  1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
  2. Digital images must be used in lieu of originals.
Additional formats
  1. Available as digital images.
Funding
  1. Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Source
  1. Purchased from Morris, 1900
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
  2. Collection guide and digital images
Chronological term
  1. 1700-1799
Occupation
  1. Merchants.
Research call number
  1. MssCol 3517
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