Dash family papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol NYGB 18360", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"18360", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Dash family papers"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1784-1857", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1784/1857"}

abstract

{"value"=>"The Dash family included a number of prominent New York merchants including Bowie Dash, notable for becoming one of the earliest importers of coffee into the United States. The file contains papers belonging to members of the Dash family, predominantly John Bowie Dash (Eighteenth century) and Daniel Dash, collected and compiled by J. Bowie Dash (b. 1873). Material includes notes of exchange, a small quantity of correspondence, and a receipt dating from 1784 relating to the sale of a slave"}

date_inclusive_start

1784

date_inclusive_end

1857

origination

{"value"=>"Dash, J. Bowie, b. 1873", "type"=>"persname"}

acqinfo

{"internal"=>true, "source"=>"Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society", "date"=>"2008", "value"=>"Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 2008"}

relatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p>Milstein Division of Local History and Genealogy, New York Public Library</p>"}

keydate

1784

prefercite

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

date_start

1784

date_end

1857

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