Benjamin Apthorp Gould papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
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.
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.
Material was originally received as part of the United States Sanitary Commission records and the Thomas J. Taylor collection.
Transferred from USSC and Thomas J. Taylor collections, with an additional gift from Drayton Cochran.
Compiled by Kit Messick, 2013