- unitid
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{"value"=>"1105", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 1105", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1739-1812", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1739/1812"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1739
- date_inclusive_end
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1812
- keydate
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1739
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Samuel and John Galloway papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".92 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 boxes, 1 volume, 3 microfilm reels", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Samuel Galloway (1720-1785) was a merchant of West River, Maryland. He married Ann Chew (1725-1756) with whom he had four children, John, Benjamin, Mary and Anne. John (d.1810), also a merchant, acted as executor for the estate of his sister Mary's husband, Thomas Ringgold, Jr. of Chestertown, Maryland. The collection consists of letters, 1739-1812, chiefly to Samuel Galloway (1720-1785) and his son John Galloway (d.1810) relating to trade in slaves, tobacco, flour, wine, horses, and general merchandise as well as to family affairs. Included also are John Galloway's account book, 1777-1780, kept as executor of the estate of his brother-in-law, Thomas Ringgold, Jr. and other miscellaneous acounts, dating chiefly from 1793. Correspondents include Thomas Ringgold (1715-1772) of Chestertown, Maryland, and members of the extended Galloway, Ringgold, Chew, and Tilghman families."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Samuel and John Galloway papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Galloway, Samuel, 1720-1785", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Samuel Galloway (1720-1785) was a merchant of West River, Maryland. He married Ann Chew (1725-1756) with whom he had four children, John, Benjamin, Mary and Anne. John (d.1810), also a merchant, acted as executor for the estate of his sister Mary's husband, Thomas Ringgold, Jr. of Chestertown, Maryland.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>Letters, 1739-1812, chiefly to Samuel Galloway (1720-1785) and his son John Galloway (d.1810) relating to trade in slaves, tobacco, flour, wine, horses, and general merchandise as well as to family affairs. Included also are John Galloway's account book, 1777-1780, kept as executor of the estate of his brother-in-law, Thomas Ringgold, Jr. and other miscellaneous acounts, dating chiefly from 1793. Correspondents include Thomas Ringgold (1715-1772) of Chestertown, Maryland, and members of the extended Galloway, Ringgold, Chew, and Tilghman families.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Samuel and John Galloway papers are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/1105#c756962'>I. Letters to Samuel and John Galloway</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/1105#c756984'>II. Accounts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/1105#c756988'>III. Letters to Samuel Galloway from Thomas Ringgold</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Manuscripts and Archives Division</span>, <span class=\"date\">June 2006</span></p>"}
- extent_statement
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.92 linear feet (3 boxes, 1 volume, 3 microfilm reels)
- date_start
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1739
- date_end
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1812