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Alfred Goldsborough Jones diaries
- Title
- Alfred Goldsborough Jones diaries, 1840-1867.
- Author
- Jones, Alfred Goldsborough.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | 1863-1867 Vols. 15 & 16 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 1585 1863-1867 Vols. 15 & 16 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | 1858-1863 Vols. 13 & 14 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 1585 1858-1863 Vols. 13 & 14 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | 1852-1858 Vols. 8, 9, 10, 12 - Box 3 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 1585 1852-1858 Vols. 8, 9, 10, 12 - Box 3 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | 1846-1852 Vols. 5, 6, 7 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 1585 1846-1852 Vols. 5, 6, 7 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | 1840-1846 Vols. 2, 3, 4 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 1585 1840-1846 Vols. 2, 3, 4 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Notes with Professor Renwick | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 1585 Notes with Professor Renwick | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Details
- Description
- 1.26 linear feet (6 volumes)
- Subjects
- Students
- Students > Diaries
- Diaries > 19th Century
- Myers, Theodorus Bailey, 1821-1888
- Renwick, James, 1792-1863
- Columbia University Faculty
- United States > Description and travel > 19th century
- New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 19th century
- Lawyers > Diaries
- Bailey, Theodorus, 1805-1877
- Harvard College (1780- ) Students
- South America > Description and travel > 19th century
- Columbia University Students
- West Indies > Description and travel > 19th century
- Sixth Avenue Railroad Company
- New Brunswick (N.J.) > Social life and customs > 19th century
- Travelers > Diaries
- Genre/Form
- Diaries – 19th Century.
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Provenance (note)
- Volumes 1 and 11 were missing at the time of acquisition.
- Call Number
- MssCol 1585
- OCLC
- 867569260
- 867569260
- Author
- Jones, Alfred Goldsborough.
- Title
- Alfred Goldsborough Jones diaries, 1840-1867.
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Summary
- Alfred Goldsborough Jones was a lawyer in New York City. His journals cover the period of 6 June 1840 to 27 November, 1867, and give some account of his education at Columbia and Harvard, circa 1840-1843; his legal training and practice of law; his service as an officer and director of the Sixth Avenue Railway Company, circa 1857-1864; his association with lawyer Theodorus Bailey Meyers; and the social, political, and cultural life of New York City and New Brunswick, New Jersey. Jones' voyages and travels in North and South America and the Pacific are extensively documented. Journals are accompanied by a chemistry notebook containing "Notes with Professor Renwick" of Columbia College.
- Provenance
- Volumes 1 and 11 were missing at the time of acquisition.
- Occupation
- Lawyers.Students.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 1585