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Additional authors

1. Brevoort, Henry, 1782-1848
2. Chapell, Richard, active 1852
3. Grinnell, Lawrence, 1811-1893
4. Vail, Stephen, 1780-1864
5. Wetmore, Jacob S.
6. Brown, Shipley & Co., correspondent.
7. Ford Collection.

Description

1. .1 linear feet (1 folder)

Summary

1. David W. (David Woodhull) Wetmore (1798-1879) was a New York City iron merchant. David W. Wetmore letters and documents, 1822-1869, consist of letters addressed to David W. Wetmore at New York, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, and Liverpool, England, 1845-1869, and Wetmore's certificates of appointment for the 75th Regiment of Infantry, N.Y.S. Militia, as ensign, captain and major, 1822-1827. Letters, in chronological order, chiefly concern his iron business, particularly production and sale of iron for the railroad and whaling industries. Correspondents include Henry Brevoort Jr., Stephen Vail, Lawrence Grinnell and other New England merchants, and Liverpool merchants Brown, Shipley & Co. There are letters to him from his wife and children (1847 June 22 and September 25), and other family members. Also included are six letters from his son-in-law Richard H. Chapell of New London, Connecticut, to Wetmore's son Jacob S. Wetmore concerning his father's whaling ventures and family matters, 1869.

Subject

1. Merchants
2. Wetmore, David W., 1798-1879 > Correspondence
3. Military commissions
4. Whitmore family
5. New York (State) > Militia > Regiment, 75th
6. Iron industry and trade > United States
7. Merchants > New York (State) > New York
8. Whaling > New England

Genre/Form

1. Military commissions.

Call number

1. MssCol 24503

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. Donated by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899, as part of the Ford Collection.

Author

1. Wetmore, David W., 1798-1879, creator.

Title

1. David W. Wetmore letters and documents.

Production

1. 1822-1869.

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. Donated by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899, as part of the Ford Collection.

Connect to:

1. Finding aid

Occupation

1. Merchants.

Added author

1. Brevoort, Henry, 1782-1848, correspondent.
2. Chapell, Richard, active 1852, correspondent.
3. Grinnell, Lawrence, 1811-1893, correspondent.
4. Vail, Stephen, 1780-1864, correspondent.
5. Wetmore, Jacob S., correspondent.
6. Brown, Shipley & Co., correspondent.
7. Ford Collection.

Research call number

1. MssCol 24503