Hugh Gaine papers

id
8770
origination
Gaine, Hugh, 1726 or 1727-1807
date statement
1740-1806
key date
1740
identifier (local_mss)
4393
org unit
Manuscripts and Archives Division
call number
MssCol 4393
b-number
b19894881
total components
12
total series
0
max depth
1
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-09-06 21:17:31 UTC
updated
2026-06-26 18:16:31 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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unitid
{"value"=>"4393", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b19894881", "type"=>"local_b"}
{"value"=>"33433108768049", "type"=>"local_barcode"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 4393", "type"=>"local_call"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1740-1806", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1740/1806"}
date_inclusive_start
1740
date_inclusive_end
1806
keydate
1740
date_start
1740
date_end
1806
unittitle
{"value"=>"Hugh Gaine papers"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".1 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 folder", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
repository
{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Hugh Gaine (1726 or 1727-1807) was a prominent American printer, bookseller, and newspaper publisher who maintained a flourishing shop in New York City from 1752 to 1804. From 1752 to 1783 he printed and published the <span class=\"title\">New-York Mercur</span>y, later the <span class=\"title\">New-York Gazette, and the Weekly Mercur</span>y. The Hugh Gaine papers, dated 1740 to 1806, consist of the indenture of his apprenticeship to Belfast printers Samuel Wilson and James Magee, 1740; the license for his marriage to Cornelia Wallace, 1769; land papers and a letter regarding the sale or lease of property; and receipts and other documents relating to his business, investments and legal affairs."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>Hugh Gaine papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"Gaine, Hugh, 1726 or 1727-1807", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Various gifts and purchases, 1918-1967</p>"}
processinfo
{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Kit Messick</span>, <span class=\"date\">2013</span></p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>Revised 2015, Susan P. Waide</p>"}
relatedmaterial
{"value"=>"<span class=\"archref\">Hugh Gaine receipt book. Manuscripts and Archives Division, New York Public Library.</span>"}
note
{"type"=>"sponsor", "value"=>"Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation."}
sponsor
{"value"=>"Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky\n Foundation."}
dsc_type
combined
extent_statement
.1 linear feet (1 folder)

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