Henry B. Dawson papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 740", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"740", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Henry B. Dawson papers"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1859-1892", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1859/1892"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".3 linear foot (1 box)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1859

date_inclusive_end

1892

origination

{"value"=>"Dawson, Henry B. (Henry Barton), 1821-1889", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Henry Barton Dawson was an American editor, historian and antiquarian bookseller.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of correspondence, research papers, diary, and other papers of Dawson and his son. Includes correspondence, 1859-1889; papers relating to Dawson's investigation in 1862 of records pertaining to the period of British occupation of New York City during the American Revolution which were missing from the archives of the Finance Department of the New York City government; transcript of parts of Judge Thomas Jones' History of New York During the Revolutionary War, 1879, with editorial notes by Dawson; miscellaneous notes and transcripts; newspaper reviews of Dawson's writings; diary of Henry Barton Dawson, Jr., recording weather and his daily activities as a printer in his father's office in 1870; record of his personal expenses, 1872-1873; and other papers.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 36M?"}

{"date"=>"1936", "source"=>"Ford family", "method"=>"Gift, purchase", "value"=>"Gift, purchase, Ford family, 1936"}

altformavail

{"value"=>"<p>Letters, 1848, 1859-1889, available on microfilm; New York Public Library</p>"}

keydate

1859

prefercite

{"value"=>"Henry B. Dawson papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Henry Barton Dawson was an American editor, historian and antiquarian bookseller. Collection consists of correspondence, research papers, diary, and other papers of Dawson and his son. Includes correspondence, 1859-1889; papers relating to Dawson's investigation in 1862 of records pertaining to the period of British occupation of New York City during the American Revolution which were missing from the archives of the Finance Department of the New York City government; transcript of parts of Judge Thomas Jones' History of New York During the Revolutionary War, 1879, with editorial notes by Dawson; miscellaneous notes and transcripts; newspaper reviews of Dawson's writings; diary of Henry Barton Dawson, Jr., recording weather and his daily activities as a printer in his father's office in 1870; record of his personal expenses, 1872-1873; and other papers.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.3 linear feet (1 box)

date_start

1859

date_end

1892

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