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Additional authors

1. Lawrence & Tom (Firm), correspondent

Description

1. .1 linear feet (1 folder)

Summary

1. Jonathan Lawrence (1737-1812) of Newtown, Queens County, Long Island was a New York City merchant, politician and militia officer. The Jonathan Lawrence papers, 1765-1810, contain letters written by Jonathan Lawrence, documents, and two account notebooks pertaining to the mercantile and shipping affairs of Lawrence and members of his family, 1779-1810, with two peripheral business letters, 1765-1766. Letters written by Lawrence comprise three letters to his partner at Lawrence & Tom in Dover, New York regarding shipments sent via the Hudson River, 1783-1784; a letter to Henry Livingston, 1788; and a letter to Captain Peter Hodgkinson, 1793. Documents consist of loose invoices and accounts for Jonathan Lawrence, Lawrence & Tom, and John Ireland, including customs documents for imports by Lawrence from St. Croix and St. Eustatius, 1783-1796 and undated; an order to deliver the brig Seaflower, 1787; and land conveyances by family members for property in Manhattan, 1806 and 1810. A notebook, dated 1779 at Fishkill, contains accounts with the unidentified writer's father and mother, and Thomas Fanning. A notebook for the brig Olive Branch, 1789, contains accounts for Jonathan Lawrence Jr. and Samuel Tibbals, both identified as captains, and others.

Subject

1. Lawrence family
2. Lawrence, Jonathan, 1737-1812 -- Correspondence
3. Merchants -- New York (State)
4. Real property -- New York (State) -- New York
5. Shipping -- Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)
6. Dover (N.Y. : Town) -- History
7. New York (N.Y.) -- Commerce
8. United States -- Commerce -- West Indies
9. West Indies -- Commerce -- United States

Genre/Form

1. Accounts.
2. Property records.

Call number

1. MssCol 24496

Note

1. Formerly part of the Mercantile Collection.

Access (note)

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref

Source (note)

1. Acquired from Werner, 1929.

Author

1. Lawrence, Jonathan, 1737-1812, creator.

Title

1. Jonathan Lawrence papers.

Production

1. 1765-1810.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Restricted access

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref

Source

1. Acquired from Werner, 1929.

Connect to:

1. Finding aid

Occupation

1. Merchants.
2. Politicians.
3. Ship captains.
4. Soldiers.

Added author

1. Lawrence & Tom (Firm), correspondent.

Research call number

1. MssCol 24496