Wood Brothers letters received

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unitid

{"value"=>"24506", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 24506", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1877-1878", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1877/1878"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Wood Brothers letters received"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".83 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Manuscripts and Archives</span>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Wood Brothers was a New York City carriage manufacturing firm. It was founded in 1828 in Bridgeport, Connecticut as Tomlinson, Wood & Company. Its partner David A. Wood (1806-1874) and his brothers established the firm of Wood Brothers in New York City. The New York City firm was dissolved and succeeded by Messrs. Brown & Pray, former employees, in early 1878, and the Bridgeport firm, by then known as Wood Brothers, was succeeded by Hincks & Johnson. The collection comprises letters received from customers chiefly in the eastern United States, including prominent New Yorkers, dated 1877-1878. Letters, in chronological order, pertain to orders, repairs, and complaints regarding a variety of carriages as well as wagons. A few letters are from carriage makers or those making carriage repairs. The collection includes letters addressed to Brown & Pray."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

origination

{"value"=>"Wood Brothers", "type"=>"corpname"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Donated by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899, as part of the Ford Collection.</p>"}

note

{"value"=>"Formerly part of the Mercantile Collection."}

date_start

1877

keydate

1877

date_end

1878

date_inclusive_start

1877

date_inclusive_end

1878

extent_statement

.83 linear feet (1 box)

prefercite

{"value"=>"Wood Brothers letters received, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

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1. 1877 January-July
2. 1877 August-1878 October