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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 includes genealogical data on the Wolcott and Howland families; records of business transactions and conditions, failures, the prices of cotton goods, and other matters; current events of local, national, and international interest; notes concerning the proceedings of Congress regarding the admission of California and Texas as states; the arrival and departure of ships, particularly those bringing treasure from California via Chagres; some account of his brother, Henry Wolcott, and his China trade; mention of a Sharpless portrait of George Washington owned by Oliver Wolcott, Secretary of the Treasury, and a Cheney portrait of the author's wife less

These diaries (4 vols.) were kept between 1842 and 1871 by New York City dry goods merchant C. W. Moore, of the firm C. W. and J. T. Moore and Company. They cover the years 1842-1847, 1852-1857, and 1870-1871 and include records of travels in Europe and the United States 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