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William Wilson letter book.
- Title
- William Wilson letter book.
- Author
- Wilson, William, 1739-1816
- Publication
- 1757-1760.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding aid
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Status | Container | 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. | MssCol 24505 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 24505 MssCol 24505 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
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- Description
- .1 linear feet (1 folder)
- Summary
- William Wilson (1739-1816) was a Philadelphia Quaker merchant. He was the son of George and Mary Wilson and the stepson of merchant Solomon Fussell (1704-1762), formerly a chairmaker. William Wilson's letter book at Philadelphia, 1757 June 23-1760 October 5 (1 volume in 1 folder), contains copied letters sent to merchants and ship captains trading chiefly in the West Indies and Great Britain, and along the eastern North American coast. Letters typically give instructions followed by lists of goods ordered or bills for goods shipped. Most letters are from Wilson, but a few are from merchants Solomon Fussell and Robert Parrish, or from Wilson on their behalf. Letter recipients include James Verree of South Carolina, John and Samuel Gould of Rhode Island, Tristram Coffin and Christopher Starbuck of Nantucket, ship captain Nathaniel Donnell, and British merchants William Neate and the firm of Devonshire, Reeve, & Lloyd. Commodities include flour, sugar, molasses, coffee, cotton, whale oil and bone, mackerel, indigo, rice, and iron bar, as well as clothing, hardware, and household goods.
- Subjects
- Merchants
- Wilson, William, 1739-1816 > Correspondence
- West Indies > Commerce > United States
- Letter books
- Great Britain > Commerce > United States
- Coastwise shipping
- Philadelphia (Pa.) > Commerce
- Ship captains
- Merchants > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
- United States > Commerce > Great Britain
- United States > Commerce > West Indies
- Genre/Form
- Letter books.
- Note
- Formerly part of the Mercantile Collection.
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
- Source (note)
- Purchased from Scott & O'Shaughnessy, Inc., 1916.
- Call Number
- MssCol 24505
- OCLC
- 1026411738
- Author
- Wilson, William, 1739-1816, creator.
- Title
- William Wilson letter book.
- Production
- 1757-1760.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
- Source
- Purchased from Scott & O'Shaughnessy, Inc., 1916.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Merchants.Ship captains.
- Added Author
- Fussell, Solomon, 1704-1762, correspondent.Parrish, Robert, 1727-1815, correspondent.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 24505