- Creator
- Dering, Henry Packer, d. 1822
- Call number
- MssCol 775
- Physical description
- .5 linear feet (1 box, 2 v.)
- Preferred Citation
- Henry Packer Dering papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Henry Packer Dering (d. 1822) was a collector of customs, postmaster and military storekeeper in Sag Harbor, Long Island. He also traded at Aux Cayes, Haiti, as an agent of Nat Gardinier, during the 1780's. Collection consists of correspondence, diary, legal records, sermons, and other papers. Correspondence concerns family and business affairs, seafaring, United States Customs, and military stores; diary, 1787-1788, relates to sales at Aux Cayes, Haiti, of cargoes of fish and horses from the sloop Polly, of Sag Harbor, N.Y.; and deeds and other documents pertain to land on Long Island. Includes probated wills; a volume containing sermons, 1692-1694; cash accounts of contributions for preaching, 1791-1795; stud records, 1790, of the stallion Young Figure at Sag Harbor; and letters of Dering's father, Thomas Dering, and of his children and business associates. Also, drafts of eighteen letters, 1787, written from Aux Cayes, Haiti, while Dering was agent for Nat Gardinier, addressed to Gardinier and to relatives and friends in Sag Harbor concerning trade, local conditions, wages of ship captains while in port, and other topics.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Purchase, American Autograph Shop, 1941Key terms
Names
- Dering, Henry Packer, d. 1822
- Dering, Thomas
- Gardinier, Nat
- Dearing family
- Polly (Sloop)
- United States Customs House (Sag Harbor, N.Y.)
- United States. Bureau of Customs
Subjects
- Customs administration -- New York (State)
- Fish trade
- Horse trading
- Horses -- Pedigrees
- Postal service -- New York (State) -- Postmasters
- Real property -- New York (State)
- Seafaring life
Material types
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
Diary, 1787-1788, and accounts, 1791-1795, available on microfilm; New York Public Library