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- Creator
- Gouverneur & Kemble
- Call number
- MssCol 1186
- Physical description
- .2 linear feet (1 volume)
- Preferred Citation
Gouverneur & Kemble letter book, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Sponsor
- Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
- The entirety of this collection has been digitized and is available online.
Gouverneur & Kemble was a prominent New York City mercantile firm established in the late 18th century. Collection consists of letter book with copies of the firm's business correspondence relating to the sending of ships to the West Indies, Europe and China; the effect of the war between France and England on commerce; and information about the suit of Le Guin v. Gouverneur & Kemble.
Digital Assets
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Purchase, 1934
Processing information
Compiled by Casey Babcock, 2015
Key terms
Subjects
- Anglo-French War, 1793-1802 -- Economic aspects
- Commission merchants -- New York (State) -- New York
- Shipping -- United States
Places
- China -- Commerce -- United States
- Europe -- Commerce -- United States
- New York (N.Y.) -- Commerce
- United States -- Commerce -- China
- United States -- Commerce -- Europe
- United States -- Commerce -- West Indies
- West Indies -- Commerce -- United States
Occupations
Material types
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