Wallace, Johnson, & Muir letterbook

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 3207", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"3207", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Wallace, Johnson, & Muir letterbook"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1781-1783", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1781/1783"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".33 linear foot (1 volume)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

abstract

{"value"=>"A letterbook kept in Nantes, France, by the firm Wallace, Johnson, & Muir, containing copies of letters to various commercial houses, mostly in America. Wallace, Johnson, & Muir was a mercantile partnership formed in 1781 that concentrated on the wholesale commission trade with Europe. The firm also operated a retail outlet in Annapolis, MD"}

date_inclusive_start

1781

date_inclusive_end

1783

origination

{"value"=>"Wallace, Johnson, & Muir", "type"=>"corpname"}

relatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p>Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

keydate

1781

prefercite

{"value"=>"Wallace, Johnson, & Muir letterbook, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

.33 linear feet (1 volume)

date_start

1781

date_end

1783

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