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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
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 restrictions
Researchers must use printed version of letterbooks.
Alternative form available
Letterbooks, 1768-1790, available on microfilm; New York Public Library