Jonathan Lawrence papers

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{"value"=>"MssCol 24496", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1765-1810", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1765/1810"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Jonathan Lawrence papers"}

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repository

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

abstract

{"value"=>"Jonathan Lawrence (1737-1812) of Newtown, Queens County, Long Island was a New York City merchant, politician and militia officer. The Jonathan Lawrence papers, 1765-1810, contain letters written by Jonathan Lawrence, documents, and two account notebooks pertaining to the mercantile and shipping affairs of Lawrence and members of his family, 1779-1810, with two peripheral business letters, 1765-1766. Letters written by Lawrence comprise three letters to his partner at Lawrence & Tom in Dover, New York regarding shipments sent via the Hudson River, 1783-1784; a letter to Henry Livingston, 1788; and a letter to Captain Peter Hodgkinson, 1793. Documents consist of loose invoices and accounts for Jonathan Lawrence, Lawrence & Tom, and John Ireland, including customs documents for imports by Lawrence from St. Croix and St. Eustatius, 1783-1796 and undated; an order to deliver the brig Seaflower, 1787; and land conveyances by family members for property in Manhattan, 1806 and 1810. A notebook, dated 1779 at Fishkill, contains accounts with the unidentified writer's father and mother, and Thomas Fanning. A notebook for the brig Olive Branch, 1789, contains accounts for Jonathan Lawrence Jr. and Samuel Tibbals, both identified as captains, and others."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"English"}

origination

{"value"=>"Lawrence, Jonathan, 1737-1812", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"cre"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Jonathan Lawrence (1737-1812) of Newtown, Queens County, Long Island was a New York City merchant, politician and militia officer. During the Revolutionary War era, he was a Queens County delegate to the Provincial Congress of New York, a member of the state constitutional convention, and a New York State senator. He was also a major in the Long Island militia, serving under Nathaniel Woodhull in 1776, and he participated in the Rhode Island campaign in 1778. Having removed to Dutchess County after the Battle of Long Island, Lawrence and his family returned to Queens County in 1783. He resumed his mercantile activities in New York City to restore his finances.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The Jonathan Lawrence papers, 1765-1810, contain letters written by Jonathan Lawrence, documents, and two account notebooks pertaining to the mercantile and shipping affairs of Lawrence and members of his family, 1779-1810, with two peripheral business letters, 1765-1766.</p> <p>Letters written by Lawrence comprise three letters to his partner at Lawrence & Tom in Dover, New York regarding shipments sent via the Hudson River, 1783-1784; a letter to Henry Livingston, 1788; and a letter to Captain Peter Hodgkinson, 1793. His business partner was likely Nathaniel Tom, identified in a 1784 account. Documents consist of loose invoices and accounts for Jonathan Lawrence, Lawrence & Tom, and John Ireland, including customs documents for imports by Lawrence from St. Croix and St. Eustatius, 1783-1796 and undated; an order to deliver the brig Seaflower, 1787; and land conveyances by family members for property in Manhattan, 1806 and 1810. A notebook, dated 1779 at Fishkill, contains accounts with the unidentified writer's father and mother, and Thomas Fanning. A notebook for the brig Olive Branch, 1789, contains accounts for Jonathan Lawrence Jr. and Samuel Tibbals, both identified as captains, and others.</p> <p>The papers also include a letter from John M. Scandrett at St. Eustatius to an unidentified recipient, 1765, referring to Mr. Thomas who will look over some accounts, and a letter written to merchant Thomas Thomas at St. Eustatius by John Ewetse at St. Croix, 1766, mentioning the sale of the sloop Betsey by Mr. Lawrence. Loose accounts in the collection mention Thomas Thomas; the Lawrence family traded in the West Indies at that time.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Acquired from Werner, 1929.</p>"}

processinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Susan P. Waide</span>, <span class=\"date\">2018</span></p>"}

note

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

date_start

1765

keydate

1765

date_end

1810

date_inclusive_start

1765

date_inclusive_end

1810

extent_statement

.1 linear feet (1 folder)

prefercite

{"value"=>"Jonathan Lawrence papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

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