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- Creator
- Jumel and Desobry (New York, N.Y.)
- Call number
- MssCol 1610
- Physical description
- .15 linear feet (1 v.)
- Language
- Letters in French and English
- Preferred Citation
- Jumel and Desobry records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Jumel and Desobry were merchants of New York City. Collection consists of letters, mainly in French, written by Stephen Jumel and Benjamin Desobry to captains and agents in Europe, the West Indies, New Orleans, and other cities in the United States, and to United States Treasury Department officials. Topics include sales, purchases and prices of merchandise; movement of vessels; American commerce under Napoleonic decrees, British Orders in Council and American embargo; and French settlement in the United States.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Purchase, 1916Key terms
Names
- Jumel and Desobry (New York, N.Y.)
- Desobry, Benjamin
- Jumel, Stephen
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- United States. Department of the Treasury
- United States. Department of the Treasury
Subjects
- Continental System (Economic blockade)
- Embargo, 1807-1809
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
- Navigation
- Orders in council
Places
- Europe -- Commerce
- Europe -- Politics and government -- 1789-1815
- France -- Colonies -- America
- France -- Politics and government -- 1789-1815
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1789-1820
- New York (N.Y.) -- Commerce
- United States -- Commerce
- United States -- Economic policy -- To 1933
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1801-1815
- West Indies -- Commerce
Occupations
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.Alternative form available
Entire collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-499