{"value"=>"<p>The Bowne Family Correspondence and Papers (18th- 19th centuries) consist of original manuscript letters by Robert Bowne (1744-1818), merchant of New York City and founder of the printing firm which bears his name; letters of Elizabeth Bowne (wife of Robert Bowne); and letters and papers of other family members including John Bowne, Mary Bowne, Hannah Bowne Collins, William Bowne, Mary Minturn, and Robert and Sarah Hartshorne. Included also is a notebook or commonplace book (1839) kept by Hannah Collins containing notes and a Bowne family narrative (based upon a journal by John Bowne); a passport (1815) issued to William Bowne by the Russian Consulate in New York, and a letter (1815) of introduction issued to him by John Ferguson, Mayor of New York to facilitate his travels abroad; miscellaneous mercantile papers including receipts, a fragment of a document listing American ships at Cronstadt, 1812; and copies of documents (1815, 1818) relating to the importation into Russia of a prohibited commodity (straws for making bonnets). Included also is a lengthy religious homily (1825) by Thomas Greene, at Nantucket, sent to his family on the death of his wife; and a contemporary copy (1801) of a document signed by Bowne family members entitled \"The Association of Women Friends for Relief of the Poor\".</p>"}