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Creator
Barker, Jacob, 1779-1871
Call number
MssCol 6826
Physical description
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Preferred Citation
Jacob Barker letters, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
Repository
Manuscripts and Archives Division
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Jacob Barker; 1779-1871; originally of Nantucket, Mass.; operated business in NYC; ship builder and financier; responsible for financing much of the War of 1812. Letter from Jacob Barker to His Excellency Daniel D. Tompkins, Governor of the State of New York concerning the Treaty of Ghent.

Biographical/historical information

Jacob Barker; 1779-1871; originally of Nantucket, Mass.; operated business in NYC; ship builder and financier; responsible for financing much of the War of 1812.

Scope and arrangement

Letter from Jacob Barker to His Excellency Daniel D. Tompkins, Governor of the State of New York concerning the Treaty of Ghent.

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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

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