Benjamin Apthorp Gould papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"10653", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 10653", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1855-1867", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1855/1867"}

date_inclusive_start

1855

date_inclusive_end

1867

keydate

1855

unittitle

{"value"=>"Benjamin Apthorp Gould papers"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".21 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Collection consist predominantly of financial records relating to the personal investments of American astronomer Benjamin Apthorp Gould, including his business with the Whitehall Gas-light Company, including receipts, promissory notes, and financial statements. Very little correspondence is present, and only one letter to William Cranch Bond dating from 1855 addresses his work in the field of astronomy."}

prefercite

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

origination

{"value"=>"Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824-1896", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>Material was originally received as part of the United States Sanitary Commission records and the Thomas J. Taylor collection.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consist predominantly of financial records relating to the personal investments of American astronomer Benjamin Apthorp Gould, including his business with the Whitehall Gas-light Company, including receipts, promissory notes, and financial statements. Very little correspondence is present, and only one letter to William Cranch Bond dating from 1855 addresses his work in the field of astronomy.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Transferred from USSC and Thomas J. Taylor collections, with an additional gift from Drayton Cochran.</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Kit Messick</span>, <span class=\"date\">2013</span></p>"}

extent_statement

.21 linear feet (1 box)

date_start

1855

date_end

1867

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