Richard Champion letter book

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 511", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"511", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Richard Champion letter book"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1773-1775", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1773/1775"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 v. (173 leaves)"}, {"name"=>"dimensions", "value"=>"22 cm"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1773

date_inclusive_end

1775

origination

{"value"=>"Champion, Richard, 1743-1791", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Richard Champion (1743-1791) of Bristol, England was a noted merchant and porcelain manufacturer. Champion, a Quaker, was active in political and civic affairs and sympathetic to American interests. He worked to elect Edmund Burke to Parliament for Bristol in 1774. Champion emigrated with his family to South Carolina in 1784 and settled near Camden, where he died in 1791.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>Ownership signature of Jno. C. Vaughan.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>This is the fourth volume in chronological order of five letter books transcribed by Richard Champion and members of his family from original correspondence (the other volumes, numbered I-IV, are at the Bristol Record Office). Incoming and outgoing letters, dating 18 February 1773-21 January 1775, concern civic affairs in Bristol, including the licensing of a theater; the election of Edmund Burke; Anglo-American commerce and politics; family and business matters; his china patent; and other subjects. Among the correspondents are William Baker, Edmund Burke, Richard Burke, Thomas Pitt, the painter Nicholas Pocock, and members of the Champion family and their friends.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS"}

altformavail

{"value"=>"<p>Available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-250</p>"}

{"value"=>"<p>Also available as part of The letterbooks of Richard Champion, 1760-1775, in British records relating to America in microform (BRRAM)</p>"}

note

{"value"=>"<p>Some letters were misdated in transcription (e.g.,1783 for 1773)</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

keydate

1773

prefercite

{"value"=>"Richard Champion letter book, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Richard Champion (1743-1791) of Bristol, England was a noted merchant and porcelain manufacturer. Champion, a Quaker, was active in political and civic affairs and sympathetic to American interests. He worked to elect Edmund Burke to Parliament for Bristol in 1774. Champion emigrated with his family to South Carolina in 1784 and settled near Camden, where he died in 1791. This is the fourth volume in chronological order of five letter books transcribed by Richard Champion and members of his family from original correspondence (the other volumes, numbered I-IV, are at the Bristol Record Office). Incoming and outgoing letters, dating 18 February 1773-21 January 1775, concern civic affairs in Bristol, including the licensing of a theater; the election of Edmund Burke; Anglo-American commerce and politics; family and business matters; his china patent; and other subjects. Among the correspondents are William Baker, Edmund Burke, Richard Burke, Thomas Pitt, the painter Nicholas Pocock, and members of the Champion family and their friends.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

1 v. (173 leaves), 22 cm; 1 v. (173 leaves), 22 cm

date_start

1773

date_end

1775

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