Provoost family papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol NYGB 18064", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"18064", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

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

unitdate

{"value"=>"1736-1897", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1736/1897"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 v"}, {"name"=>"dimensions", "value"=>"39 cm"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1736

date_inclusive_end

1897

origination

{"value"=>"Provoost family", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>The Provoost (Provost) family, of French Huguenot descent, were early settlers of New Amsterdam. David Provoost (1670-1724) was a merchant and Mayor of the City of New York from 1699 to 1700. His nephew John Provoost (d. 1767) was the son of Samuel Provoost and Mary Spratt Provoost Alexander, prominent New York City merchants, and the stepson of James Alexander, a prominent New York lawyer and politician.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Elizabeth Clarkson Jay to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1890.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The Provoost family papers include a manuscript copy of David Provoost's genealogy of the Provoost family of New Amsterdam (compiled 1724), made by John Provoost in 1742, as well as two letters from John Provoost at Curacao to his parents dated 18 May 1736 and 21 June 1736, concerning shipment and prices of goods, addressed to his stepfather, James Alexander, in New York. Also present are some genealogical notes dated 1785, and a letter from Lucy D. Akerly to a Mr. King, 6 Oct. 1897, loosely laid in, concerning the Provoost family.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"internal"=>true, "accession_number"=>"MSS 2008M27"}

accessrestrict

{"value"=>"<p>Printed materials must be used in lieu of originals when available.</p>"}

bibliography

{"value"=>"<p>The text of the 1742 manuscript, extensively annotated, is published in Andrew J. Provost, Jr.'s History of the Provoost family of New Amsterdam and Colonial New York from 1545 to 1724, New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, vol. 89, no. 4 (1958) pp. 193-205 and vol. 90, no. 1 (1959) pp. 31-41</p>"}

note

{"value"=>"<p>A typescript copy of the 1742 manuscript, entitled A history of the Provoost family of New Amsterdam and colonial New York since 1545, by Andrew J. Provost, Jr., 1934, is attached to the front leaf. A copy is available in the Library's Milstein Division of U.S. History, Local History and Genealogy, call number APT p.v. 35</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

{"value"=>"<p>Binder's title on spine: Genealogy of the Provoost family, 1572-1785</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

keydate

1736

prefercite

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

abstract

{"value"=>"The Provoost (Provost) family, of French Huguenot descent, were early settlers of New Amsterdam. David Provoost (1670-1724) was a merchant and Mayor of the City of New York from 1699 to 1700. His nephew John Provoost (d. 1767) was the son of Samuel Provoost and Mary Spratt Provoost Alexander, prominent New York City merchants, and the stepson of James Alexander, a prominent New York lawyer and politician. The Provoost family papers include a manuscript copy of David Provoost's genealogy of the Provoost family of New Amsterdam (compiled 1724), made by John Provoost in 1742, as well as two letters from John Provoost at Curacao to his parents dated 18 May 1736 and 21 June 1736, concerning shipment and prices of goods, addressed to his stepfather, James Alexander, in New York. Also present are some genealogical notes dated 1785, and a letter from Lucy D. Akerly to a Mr. King, 6 Oct. 1897, loosely laid in, concerning the Provoost family.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

1 v, 39 cm; 1 v, 39 cm

date_start

1736

date_end

1897

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