- Creator
- Greenleaf, James, 1765-1843
- Call number
- MssCol 4425
- Physical description
- .2 linear feet (2 folders)
- Preferred Citation
- James Greenleaf papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Location
- MssCol 4425
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Correspondence and land papers of American land speculator James Greenleaf. Correspondence dates from 1788 to 1834, with no letters present for the period of 1800 to 1804. Letters are incoming, and almost exclusively concern Greenleaf's real property ventures, including his investments in Washington, D. C., with partners Robert Morris and John Nicholson, and his subsequent financial troubles. Predominant correspondents are Daniel Carroll of Duddington; Thomas Law; William Cranch; and Thomas Munroe. Land papers include legal material relating to District of Columbia lands (1794-1841), deeds to Robert Morris (1796-1797), and assignments to William Cranch (1797 and 1803)
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Custodial history
Originally received as part of the Ford collection.
Related Material
Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
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Names
- Carroll, Daniel, 1764-1849
- Cranch, William, 1769-1855
- Greenleaf, James, 1765-1843
- Law, Thomas, 1756-1834
- Munroe, Thomas, -1852
- Ford collection
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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