Henry Packer Dering papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 775", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"775", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Henry Packer Dering papers"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1692-1885", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1692/1885"}

{"value"=>"1780-1885", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1780/1885"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".5 linear foot (1 box, 2 v.)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1692

date_inclusive_end

1885

origination

{"value"=>"Dering, Henry Packer, d. 1822", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Henry Packer Dering (d. 1822) was a collector of customs, postmaster and military storekeeper in Sag Harbor, Long Island. He also traded at Aux Cayes, Haiti, as an agent of Nat Gardinier, during the 1780's.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of correspondence, diary, legal records, sermons, and other papers. Correspondence concerns family and business affairs, seafaring, United States Customs, and military stores; diary, 1787-1788, relates to sales at Aux Cayes, Haiti, of cargoes of fish and horses from the sloop Polly, of Sag Harbor, N.Y.; and deeds and other documents pertain to land on Long Island. Includes probated wills; a volume containing sermons, 1692-1694; cash accounts of contributions for preaching, 1791-1795; stud records, 1790, of the stallion Young Figure at Sag Harbor; and letters of Dering's father, Thomas Dering, and of his children and business associates. Also, drafts of eighteen letters, 1787, written from Aux Cayes, Haiti, while Dering was agent for Nat Gardinier, addressed to Gardinier and to relatives and friends in Sag Harbor concerning trade, local conditions, wages of ship captains while in port, and other topics.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 41M81"}

{"date"=>"1941", "source"=>"American Autograph Shop", "method"=>"Purchase", "value"=>"Purchase, American Autograph Shop, 1941"}

altformavail

{"value"=>"<p>Diary, 1787-1788, and accounts, 1791-1795, available on microfilm; New York Public Library</p>"}

keydate

1692

prefercite

{"value"=>"Henry Packer Dering papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Henry Packer Dering (d. 1822) was a collector of customs, postmaster and military storekeeper in Sag Harbor, Long Island. He also traded at Aux Cayes, Haiti, as an agent of Nat Gardinier, during the 1780's. Collection consists of correspondence, diary, legal records, sermons, and other papers. Correspondence concerns family and business affairs, seafaring, United States Customs, and military stores; diary, 1787-1788, relates to sales at Aux Cayes, Haiti, of cargoes of fish and horses from the sloop Polly, of Sag Harbor, N.Y.; and deeds and other documents pertain to land on Long Island. Includes probated wills; a volume containing sermons, 1692-1694; cash accounts of contributions for preaching, 1791-1795; stud records, 1790, of the stallion Young Figure at Sag Harbor; and letters of Dering's father, Thomas Dering, and of his children and business associates. Also, drafts of eighteen letters, 1787, written from Aux Cayes, Haiti, while Dering was agent for Nat Gardinier, addressed to Gardinier and to relatives and friends in Sag Harbor concerning trade, local conditions, wages of ship captains while in port, and other topics.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.5 linear feet (1 box, 2 v.)

date_start

1692

date_end

1885

date_bulk_start

1780

date_bulk_end

1885

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