John Cauchois & Co. account book

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unitid

{"value"=>"23062", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"b20875436", "type"=>"local_b"}

{"value"=>"33433117009484", "type"=>"local_barcode"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 23062", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1802-1804", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1802/1804"}

date_inclusive_start

1802

date_inclusive_end

1804

keydate

1802

date_start

1802

date_end

1804

unittitle

{"value"=>"John Cauchois & Co. account book"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".21 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 volume", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"John Cauchois & Co. was a merchant firm based in New York City that traded in consumer goods such as jewelry, kitchen ware, cloth goods, furniture, and stationery, as well as tools and supplies for East Coast craftsmen, including gold and silversmiths. The John Cauchois & Co. account book dates from 1802 to 1804 and includes accounts for people and firms such as Basset & Warford, J. Delauncey, Dyers & Eddy, Louis Forniquet, Madame Gareau, Nicholas Geffroy, Isaac and George Hutton, Madame Voisin, John Letourneau of Georgia, and Charles Pinson of South Carolina. The book includes entries for ships bound for Senegal: the schooners \"Naiad\" and \"Sally,\" and the brig \"Olive Branch.\""}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>John Cauchois & Co. account book, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"John Cauchois and Company", "type"=>"corpname", "role"=>"creator"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Purchased from Carmen D. Valentino Rare Books and Manuscripts, 2014.</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Kit Fluker</span>, <span class=\"date\">2016</span>.</p>"}

extent_statement

.21 linear feet (1 volume)

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