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Description

1. .21 linear foot (1 box)

Summary

1. Gouverneur & Kemble was a prominent New York City mercantile firm established in the late 18th century. The Gouverneur & Kemble cash book is a record of cash transactions conducted by the firm from late November 1800 to early March 1805 as shipping and commission merchants with domestic and international interests. Entries are for cash debits and credits, each in chronological order, allocated in columns by bank account. Transactions typically concern the importation and sale of goods, including tea, coffee, salt, sugar, wine, textiles and other commodities; shipping costs; insurance; interest on loans; and paying and collecting rent. Business was conducted with many of the prominent individuals and firms in New York at that time. Among the entries are transactions with Alexander Hamilton for legal services, 1803 March 14. Also noted are personal expenses of the Gouverneur and Kemble families, including the education of children and dancing lessons. The last few pages contain lists of important notes payable and due, grouped by name, for Isaac Moses & Sons, Samuel G. Ogden and others, with additional memoranda.

Subject

1. Commission merchants -- New York (State) -- New York.
2. Shipping -- United States.
3. China -- Commerce -- United States.
4. Europe -- Commerce -- United States.
5. New York (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
6. United States -- Commerce -- China.
7. United States -- Commerce -- Europe.
8. United States -- Commerce -- West Indies.
9. West Indies -- Commerce -- United States.

Genre/Form

1. Account books.

Call number

1. MssCol 18816

Language

1. English

Access (note)

1. Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
2. Digital images must be used in lieu of original volume.

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 Michael Brown Rare Books LLC, 2012

Author

1. Gouverneur & Kemble.

Finding aids

1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Collection guide and digital images

Occupation

1. Merchants.