Dry goods merchant account book (New York and New Jersey)

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol NYGB 18226", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"18226", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Dry goods merchant account book (New York and New Jersey)"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1758-1772", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1758/1772"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".92 linear foot (1 volume)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

abstract

{"value"=>"The collection consists of an account book from an unnamed merchant, who dealt in a variety of items such as Dutch lace, leather goods, vegetables, dry goods, and other sundries. Names recurring in the accounts include Mrs. [Charles Ward?] Apthorp; Nicholas, Samuel, and William Bayard; John, Oliver, Peter, and Stephen De Lancey; Captain Thomas Gamble; Leonard Lispenard; Abraham Lott; James Rivington; Col. [Beverly?] Robinson; Sir John St. Clair; Col. Roger Morris; and Capt. [Thomas?] Sowers. Locations of customers noted within the accounts include Westchester, New York; Amboy, New Jersey; and Manhattan"}

date_inclusive_start

1758

date_inclusive_end

1772

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>Presented to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society in 1944.</p>"}

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>Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

keydate

1758

prefercite

{"value"=>"Dry goods merchant account book (New York and New Jersey), Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

.92 linear feet (1 volume)

date_start

1758

date_end

1772

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