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Creator
Hoffman, David, 1784-1854
Call number
MssCol 4373
Physical description
.2 linear feet (1 folder)
Preferred Citation
David Hoffman papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
Repository
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Location
MssCol 4373
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Correspondence and legal documents belonging to American lawyer and legal scholar David Hoffman of Baltimore, Maryland. Letters concern both personal and professional matters, including the publication of Hoffman's Course of Legal Study, and sales of artifacts. Oversize material includes contracts executed by Hoffman on behalf of John C. Fremont and others, and agreements between Hoffman and Fabien Paganelli di Zicavo of the Nouveau Monde Gold Mining Company

Administrative information

Custodial history

Material was originally received as part of the Ford collection.

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Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328