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- Creator
- Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849
- Call number
- MssCol 6406
- Physical description
- .1 linear feet (1 folder)
- Preferred Citation
- Albert Gallatin letters, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Several letters written by Swiss-born American statesman and educator Albert Gallatin. Letters are both professional and social in nature, and include an 1808 letter to President Thomas Jefferson relating to the Embargo Act of 1807; a biographical sketch written at the request of autograph collector Lewis Cist, and two letters to Joseph Gales and William Winston Seaton, editors of the National Intelligencer relating to the publication of his essays on "the Oregon Question."
Administrative information
Custodial history
Some material was originally received as part of the Duyckinck family papers, Ford collection, and Bancroft collection.
Key terms
Names
- Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849
- Gales, Joseph, Jr., 1786-1860 (recipient)
- Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 (recipient)
- Seaton, William Winston, 1785-1866 (recipient)
- Bancroft collection
- Duyckinck family papers
- Ford collection
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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