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Found 9 collections related to Merchants -- New York (State) -- New York

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Wolcott, Frederick Henry, b. 1808
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 3367
.15 linear feet (2 volumes)
Prominent New York City merchant Frederick Henry Wolcott kept this diary (2 vols.) from November 5, 1849 through January 2, 1854. Prior to his retirement on January 1, 1852, he was partner in the dry goods firm Wolcott and Slade. Diary entries... more
Failing and Hatt (New York, N.Y.)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 3504
0 linear feet (1 box)
General receipts of the Failing and Hatt firm of New York City, 1864-1868, kept by merchants Josiah Failing and John A. Hatt
Fisher, Blashfield and Company (New York, N.Y.)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1009
6 linear feet (11 boxes)
Fisher, Blashfield and Company was a wholesale dry-goods firm active on Pearl and Cortlandt Streets in Manhattan during the mid to late nineteenth century. The firm did business with other firms located chiefly in New York State, but also in New... more
Low, Josiah Orne, 1821-1895
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1814
.21 linear feet (1 box)
Letters and family papers (1837-1884) collected by Josiah Orne Low (New York City merchant), including correspondence from Low's brother (William Henry Low) while he was involved in mercantile trading in China; Low's sister (Harriet Low Hilliard);... more
Dash, J. Bowie, b. 1873
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol NYGB 18360
The Dash family included a number of prominent New York merchants including Bowie Dash, notable for becoming one of the earliest importers of coffee into the United States. The file contains papers belonging to members of the Dash family,... more
Briggs, Jeremiah, 1791 or 1792-1876
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 24490
.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Jeremiah Briggs (1791 or 1792-1876) was a New York City sea captain and shipping merchant who served in the U.S. Flotilla during the War of 1812. He was born on Block Island to John and Mary Briggs and resided in New York City and Sag Harbor, Long... more
Wetmore, David W., 1798-1879
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 24503
.1 linear feet (1 folder)
David W. (David Woodhull) Wetmore (1798-1879) was a New York City iron merchant. David W. Wetmore letters and documents, 1822-1869, consist of letters addressed to David W. Wetmore at New York, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, and Liverpool, England,... more
Leszynsky, Henry S., 1822-1902
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 25776
.19 linear feet (1 volume)
Henry S. Leszynsky (1822-1902), born to a Jewish family in Goslin, Prussia (now Murowana Goślina, Poland), was a New York City wine and liquor merchant. Established as a dry goods merchant in Manhattan by 1850, he married Amelia H. Godfrey... more
Burgess, C. A. (Caleb A.), 1817-1896
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 26968
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
Caleb Alonzo Burgess (1817-1896) was a commission merchant in New York City from the late 1840s to the late 1870s. By 1880, Burgess had established himself as a capitalist in mining ventures in San Francisco, where he died on May 24, 1896. The C.... more