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- Creator
- Townsend, Jotham
- Call number
- MssCol 3018
- Physical description
- .08 linear feet (1 folder)
- Preferred Citation
- Jotham Townsend receipt book, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Location
- MssCol 3018
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Jotham Townsend was a Long Island papermaker who did business as Townsend and Company. Receipt book records transactions from Sept. 14, 1796 to May 1, 1815, many with New York City printers and publishers. Entries describe type and quantity of paper as well as the price. Volume was later used as a receipt book by Micajah Townsend between 1822 and 1832
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Purchase, Weetall, Howard H., 1984
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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