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  Title

  Abraham De Peyster account books, 1724-1773

  Author

  De Peyster, Abraham, -1768?  

  Pages:

  2

  Item info:

  1 copy available at Manuscripts and Special Collections.
  

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    	Copy	Material	Location
    SC21246	1	MANUSCRIPT	N (nocirc)

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  Abraham De Peyster account books, 1724-1773
  De Peyster, Abraham, -1768?
  

  Control Number:

  (OCoLC)122519876

  Local call number:

  SC21246

  Author:

  De Peyster, Abraham, -1768?

  Title:

  Abraham De Peyster account books, 1724-1773.

  Quantity:

  2 boxes (0.50 cubic ft.)

  Historical/biog note:

  Abraham De Peyster (1696-1767) was the son of Abraham De Peyster (1757-1728). He was a prominent New York City merchant and Treasurer of the Province of New York.

  Review:

  Collection includes two account books that record the financial transactions of the mercantile business operated by Abraham De Peyster from about 1724 to 1763. Also includes an Account of excess money received by the office of Colonial New York Treasurer, 1729, and a ledger of debit-credit accounts related to the settlement of the estates of Abraham De Peyster and Elizabeth Hamilton, 1772-1773.

  Provenance note:

  Restored remnants of documents salvaged from the New York State Capitol fire, March 29, 1911. In the aftermath of the fire these materials were accessioned separately, but later collated as a single collection.

  Provenance note:

  Collation of catalog nos. 10740, 10741, and 10876.

  Finding aids:

  Unpublished finding aid available in the repository.

  General note:

  Fire damage.

  Personal subject:

  De Peyster, Abraham, -1768?--Estate.

  Subject:

  Account books.

  Subject:

  Merchants--New York (State) Records and correspondence.

  Subject:

  Merchants. fast (OCoLC)fst01017057

  Geographic terms:

  New York (State)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

  Geographic terms:

  New York (N.Y.)--Economic conditions--18th century.

  Geographic terms:

  New York (State) fast (OCoLC)fst01210280

  Form/genre terms:

  Account books. aat

  Form/genre terms:

  History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628

  Personal author:

  Hamilton, Elizabeth De Peyster, 1694-1774.

  Electronic access:

  Finding aid: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc21246.htm