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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, 1930Bibliography
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
Key terms
Names
Subjects
Places
- Louisiana -- Commerce
- Louisiana -- History -- To 1803
- United States -- Commerce
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Economic aspects
Occupations
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen 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