John Fitzpatrick correspondence

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 1022", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"1022", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"John Fitzpatrick correspondence"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1768-1800", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1768/1800"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".6 linear foot (3 v.)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1768

date_inclusive_end

1800

origination

{"value"=>"Fitzpatrick, John, ca. 1737-1791", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>John Fitzpatrick (ca. 1737-1791) was a merchant of Manchac, Louisiana.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of letterbooks, 1768-1790, kept by Fitzpatrick, relating to trade, to slaves, and to the British occupation during the American Revolution. Also, a few letters, 1797-1800, from executors of the estate of Fitzpatrick's widow.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 30M?"}

{"date"=>"1930", "method"=>"Purchase", "value"=>"Purchase, 1930"}

accessrestrict

{"value"=>"<p>Researchers must use printed version of letterbooks.</p>"}

altformavail

{"value"=>"<p>Letterbooks, 1768-1790, available on microfilm; New York Public Library</p>"}

bibliography

{"value"=>"<p>Letterbooks: Fitzpatrick, John. The Merchant of Manchac: The Letterbooks of John Fitzpatrick, 1768-1790. Edited, with an introduction by Margaret Fisher Dalrymple. Baton Rouge, La.: Published for the Baton Rouge Bicentennial Corporation by the Louisiana State University Press, 1978</p>"}

keydate

1768

prefercite

{"value"=>"John Fitzpatrick correspondence, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"John Fitzpatrick (ca. 1737-1791) was a merchant of Manchac, Louisiana. Collection consists of letterbooks, 1768-1790, kept by Fitzpatrick, relating to trade, to slaves, and to the British occupation during the American Revolution. Also, a few letters, 1797-1800, from executors of the estate of Fitzpatrick's widow.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.6 linear feet (3 v.)

date_start

1768

date_end

1800

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