Found 58 collections related to Merchants

Jacob Bleecker's exercise book for merchants contains explanations and examples of mathematical concepts as they relate to trade. The bulk of the volume comprises examples of mathematics problems and their workings. Headings in the volume include "The Rule of Three Inverse," "Interest upon Interest," "Directions How to Extract the Square Root of Any Given Number," "The Rule of Faulse," "Company or Fellowship," "Barter," and "Alligation Medial." less

Stewart and Jones were merchants and ship chandlers of New York City. Collection consists of correspondence, accounts and miscellaneous records of Stewart and Jones; correspondence and accounts of their predecessor firm, Jones and Ross; papers of Humphrey and Nicholas Jones; and records, 1789-1793, kept by John Jones while a member of the Committeee of Leases of Trinity Church in New York City. less

Richard Champion (1743-1791) of Bristol, England was a noted merchant and porcelain manufacturer. Champion, a Quaker, was active in political and civic affairs and sympathetic to American interests. He worked to elect Edmund Burke to Parliament for Bristol in 1774. Champion emigrated with his family to South Carolina in 1784 and settled near Camden, where he died in 1791. This is the fourth volume in chronological order of five letter books transcribed by Richard Champion and members of his family from original correspondence (the other volumes, numbered I-IV, are at the Bristol Record Office). Incoming and outgoing letters, dating 18 February 1773-21 January 1775, concern civic affairs in Bristol, including the licensing of a theater; the election of Edmund Burke; Anglo-American commerce and politics; family and business matters; his china patent; and other subjects. Among the correspondents are William Baker, Edmund Burke, Richard Burke, Thomas Pitt, the painter Nicholas Pocock, and members of the Champion family and their friends. less

Receipt book of payments made by New York grocers Allen and Cock. Robert Allen and Robert Allen and Company, and Samuel Allen The Allen and Cock of 300 Broadway, New York City, receipts document purchases for bran, flour, sugar, oats, coffee, brandy, soap, and other products during the years 1795-1804. Receipts for payments of taxes and flour orders made by Robert Allen at Buttermilk Falls, New York, span 1803 to 1804. Receipts for Samuel Allen payments at New Castle, New York, cover from 1810 to 1823. The volume also contains miscellaneous receipts for butter, calves, eggs, and other food-related items from 1833 to 1841 less

Daybook and journal of Robert Henderson, merchant of Glasgow, New York, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Accounts of general trade; lists of goods received from and consigned to merchants in Glasgow, New York, Philadelphia and other points along the Atlantic coast. Also includes some accounts with the West indies less

The Hasbrouck family papers include original documents and copies of documents relating to the Hasbrouck family of New Paltz, New York, 1730-1858. The bulk of the papers are comprised of legal documents such as indentures, wills, and financial documents including property lists, account books, and receipts. The papers belong predominantly to John Hasbrouck; Elias Hasbrouck (1741-1791), a merchant from Woodstock, Ulster County, NY; and Richard M. Hasbrouck. Other family members represented in the collection include Susannah Hasbrouck, Abraham Hasbrouck, Elizabeth Hasbrouck, Phoebe Nordstrom, and William Conklin. Items of note include John Hasbrouck's undated school exercise book; a list dating from 1777 of the losses sustained by Elias Hasbrouck "in the burning of Esopus," and a 1764 letter from Henry Remsen to Elias Hasbrouck, discussing the new act passed in Parliament preventing trade with non- English islands. less

The Henriques family, a mercantile family originally from Portugal, lived in England, Scotland, Nova Scotia, and the U.S. Collection consists of correspondence, legal papers, cash and account books, receipts, newsclippings, tracts, writings, and other documents representing four generations of the Henriques family. Bulk of the papers pertains to Philip Henriques's various business ventures in Nova Scotia and New York City, as well as his membership in the Methodist Church. Correspondence, 1740-1831, is mostly between Jane Henriques, the principal heir to the estate of her father, David Lopes Henriques, and attorney James Murray and between Jane and her brother Philip. David Lopes Henriques's papers, 1732-1777, consist of estate papers, ship insurance policies, and other documents. Janet Henriques's papers, 1745-1759, are primarily legal papers. Also, some papers of Jane Henriques, 1759-1796, and Jacob Lopes Henriques, 1732-1777; medical recipes and prescriptions for the family; and school and navigation books belonging to Philip Jr. and William. less

Henry Cruger was born in New York in 1739 and educated at Kings College (now Columbia University). He became active in his family's mercantile business in Bristol, England, and gained prominence both in New York and England. In 1765, he was elected to the Bristol Common Council, a position he held until 1790. He served as Sheriff of Bristol from 1766 to 1767, and was elected to Parliament as a radical Whig in 1774. His outspoken support for American independence led to his defeat in the election of 1780, but did not end his political career; he went on to become mayor of Bristol in 1781, and was reelected to Parliament in 1784. He returned to New York in 1790, serving a single term in the state senate as a representative of the Federalist party, and died there in 1827 The handwritten account book details transactions of Henry Cruger & Company between 1784-1793 less

Henry Laurens (1724-1792) was a South Carolina merchant, plantation owner, and Revolutionary-era statesman. The collection of Henry Laurens letters and documents, 1769-1792, includes letters written by him to Lachlan McIntosh, 1769; to his son John Laurens, 1775; to Thomas Wharton, Caesar Rodney and William Alexander while President of the Continental Congress, 1777-1778; and to Benjamin Vaughan, dated 1782 April 2 at Exeter, England, regarding a meeting with Lord Shelburne. An oversize letter to William Carmichael, 1778 February 24, asks for payment of his account with Matthew Lock, written on verso, for sums paid on behalf of the Marquis de Lafayette. Letters to Henry Laurens are chiefly from his former secretary Moses Young, captured with Laurens on their voyage to Holland in 1780, regarding Young’s attempts to obtain payment from Congress for his services. Laurens’s brief notes on his conversation with John Adams at Haarlem on April 15, 1782 (1 page), and two clipped signatures are also present. Items are in chronological order. less

Recollections and Letters of James Gordon, including his arrival in America, 1758; business ventures; trip to Sandusy, Pittsburgh, Niagra, Oswego, etc.; his trade with Robert Rogers' rangers to Montreal; his capture by Sir John Johnson's corps during the Battle of Stone Arabia, 1780. Also includes correspondence, 1799-1809, and survey of lots on Wappingers Creek, Dutchess County, New York, 1728 less

Gerrit Van Sant was a merchant in Albany, New York. Collection consists of records which include grants, deeds, leases and mortgages and pertain to Gerrit Van Sant and his land transactions in Albany County, New York. Many are signed by the Patroon Stephen Van Rensselaer. less

Edward Goold was a commission merchant. The firm of Goold & Company was located in New York City. Collection consists of letters of Goold & Company to various merchants, especially in New England, relating to trade with Europe, India and China; marine insurance; trade in iron, brandy, stationery, spices, coffee, and other products; prices of sugar, pepper, hemp, and rum; and the capture of an American vessel by a French privateer. less

Elijah Hubbard (1745-1808) was a lawyer and merchant of Middletown and New London, Connecticut. Collection consists of mercantile correspondence; land and legal papers including deeds to property in Middletown, Enfield and Stafford, Conn., 1808-1822; shares in the Patent Salt Works of New London and Waterford; and marine insurance policies. less

Francis Porteus Corbin (1801-1876) was an American businessman of Philadelphia and Paris. He owned property in Georgia and Louisiana and was interested in political affairs in the U.S. and Europe. Collection consists of Corbin's correspondence, financial and legal papers, and printed matter. Personal and financial correspondence concerns politics, presidential candidates and political parties, ca. 1840-1870; management of Corbin's plantations in Georgia and Louisiana; Civil War matters such as secession, abolitionists, antislavery party, Charleston, S.C., at the outbreak of the war, the Confederacy, and Reconstruction; and references to notable people of the day in Europe and the United States. Also, family correspondence, letters of introduction, commissions to buy household and other goods in Paris for Americans, and papers dating back to 1716, relating to the estate of James Hamilton. less

Three Lenox brothers, David, James and Robert, of Kirkcudbright, Scotland, immigrated to the U.S. and became successful businessmen. David Lenox (ca. 1753-1828) settled in Philadelphia and became a banker. James Lenox (1753-1839) was a New York City merchant who eventually returned to Scotland. Robert Lenox (1759-1839), a wealthy New York City merchant, was a philanthropist who was active in the First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York. Collection consists of papers of David, James and Robert Lenox. David Lenox's papers, 1779-1826, all relate to business except for a few items of his wife's correspondence. Papers for James Lenox are letters, 1809-1811, he wrote to his brother David. Robert Lenox materials contain both business and personal papers, 1791-1836; and items concerning the First Presbyterian Church, 1718-1825. There are also copies of entries from the Lenox family Bible recording births, baptisms and marriages. less

John Fitzpatrick (ca. 1737-1791) was a merchant of Manchac, Louisiana. Collection consists of letterbooks, 1768-1790, kept by Fitzpatrick, relating to trade, to slaves, and to the British occupation during the American Revolution. Also, a few letters, 1797-1800, from executors of the estate of Fitzpatrick's widow. less

The Burgess family papers document three generations of an English family involved in overseas commerce. Charles Henry Burgess (1806-1854) was the first British subject to export good directly from England to Persia. The papers contain correspondence, diaries, financial records, art work and other materials documenting the personal life and commercial activities of the family members. The papers provide abundant information on a rich variety of British, Anglo-Persian and Anglo-American topics. less

Twenty-five bills of lading for goods shipped from Philadelphia, PA., to Barbados, Bermuda, South Carolina, and Jamaica by Charles Massey, John Massey, and Thomas Massey. Entries date from 1790-1792, and 1807. Printed forms have been filled in and signed by masters of the respective ships less

The papers contain the correspondence of Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright (1792-1854), bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and letters of two generations of the Wainwright family of Boston and New York City. Family members represented include prominent tobacco merchant Peter Wainwright of Liverpool, England and his wife Elizabeth Mayhew (1759-1829), daughter of Rev. Jonathan Mayhew (1720-1766); their children Bishop Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright and his wife Amelia Phelps; Peter Wainwright, Jr., treasurer of the Provident Loan and Trust Company of Boston and his wife Charlotte Lambert, and Elizabeth Wainwright, wife of noted obstetrician Walter Channing. less

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 less

A letterbook kept in Annapolis, Maryland, by the firm Wallace, Johnson, & Muir, containing copies of letters to various commercial houses. Wallace, Johnson, & Muir was a mercantile partnership formed in 1781 that concentrated on the wholesale commission trade with Europe. The firm's retail outlet was located in Annapolis less

Correspondence of Jacob Wendell of Boston, his brother Abraham Wendell of New York, and the latter's son, John Wendell of Portsmouth, N.H., relative to their business as merchants and importers, Indian affairs, land claims, and family matters; also, a few papers of the allied De Key family. less

William Alexander (1726-1783) of New York City, popularly known as Lord Stirling, was a merchant, public official, the first governor of King's (Columbia) College, and a soldier in the American Revolution. He joined the British army at the onset of the French and Indian War, acting as commissary, aide and secretary to Governor William Shirley. In 1757 the House of Lords officially revoked his appeal as rightful heir of the earldom of Stirling; despite the ruling, Alexander assumed the title of Lord Stirling. On his return to America in 1761 he was made a member of the New Jersey Council and he acted as surveyor-general and assistant to the governor of the colony. He subsequently became the leader of the first New Jersey Regiment of the Revolutionary army. Alexander fought throughout the war in the Battles of Long Island, Trenton, Princeton, Matouchin, Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth. In 1781 Alexander took command of a battalion in Albany, New York, and two years later he died after preliminary peace negotiations were drafted. Collection consists of correspondence and documents dealing with personal, legal and commercial matters. Correspondence, ca. 1762-1779, includes Alexander's incoming and outgoing mail with some supplementary copies and facsimiles of letters held in other repositories. Core of the collection contains letters, ca. 1753-1835, exchanged between well-known merchants of the day. Also, legal and commercial papers, ca. 1790-1833, relating to Alexander, his family and his business associates. less

Thomas W. Williams was a merchant in New London, Connecticut, in the early 19th century. Collection consists of correspondence and bills, receipts and miscellaneous papers of Thomas W. Williams. Correspondence, 1800-1832, concerns his trade in general merchandise, the claim of Ephraim Cheeseborough for the loss of a schooner in 1809, and the purchase of a ship. Also, bills, receipts and other items. less

Wynant Van Zandt (1767-1831) was a New York City merchant and alderman. He founded the Zion Episcopal Church in Little Neck (now Douglaston), New York. Collection consists of correspondence, accounts, legal records, alderman papers, and family materials. Correspondence, 1787-1828, concerns business, political, family, and personal matters. Van Zandt's correspondence, 1803-1807, when he held public office an an alderman includes topics such as New York City regulations and real estate. Also, accounts, 1784-1820; shipping papers, 1788-1811; miscellaneous legal papers; council resolutions; photograph of portrait of Van Zandt; and family tree. less

William Smith (1745-1794) was an Irish-born merchant in Kakiat (now Ramapo), New York, who later went into business with his brother, Walter Smith. The accounts record transactions relating to rum, tea, textiles, and other sundries, with a gap in entries circa 1778-1780, presumably due to the Revolutionary War. less

Dudley Woodbridge was a lawyer in Norwich, Connecticut. By 1778, he had become a merchant, along with his brother Samuel, dealing primarily in rum and other foodstuffs. The correspondence consists of letters to Dudley and Samuel Woodbridge from various business associates located in New York and New England, with many referencing the Revolutionary War and the British blockade. Also included are three letters between members of the Backus family less