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Creator
Fitzpatrick, John, ca. 1737-1791
Call number
MssCol 1022
Physical description
.6 linear feet (3 v.)
Preferred Citation
John Fitzpatrick correspondence, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
Repository
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Access to materials
Advance notice required. Request access to this collection.Restrictions apply

John Fitzpatrick (ca. 1737-1791) was a merchant of Manchac, Louisiana. Collection consists of letterbooks, 1768-1790, kept by Fitzpatrick, relating to trade, to slaves, and to the British occupation during the American Revolution. Also, a few letters, 1797-1800, from executors of the estate of Fitzpatrick's widow.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Purchase, 1930

Bibliography

Letterbooks: Fitzpatrick, John. The Merchant of Manchac: The Letterbooks of John Fitzpatrick, 1768-1790. Edited, with an introduction by Margaret Fisher Dalrymple. Baton Rouge, La.: Published for the Baton Rouge Bicentennial Corporation by the Louisiana State University Press, 1978

Using the collection

Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328

Access to materials

Advance notice required. Request access to this collection.

Access restrictions

Researchers must use printed version of letterbooks.

Alternative form available

Letterbooks, 1768-1790, available on microfilm; New York Public Library