Research Catalog

Title

Dash family papers, 1784-1857.

Author

Dash, J. Bowie, 1873-

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Details

Additional Authors

• Dash, Daniel.
• Dash, John Bowie.
• New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.

Summary

The Dash family included a number of prominent New York merchants including Bowie Dash, notable for becoming one of the earliest importers of coffee into the United States. The file contains papers belonging to members of the Dash family, predominantly John Bowie Dash (Eighteenth century) and Daniel Dash, collected and compiled by J. Bowie Dash (b. 1873). Material includes notes of exchange, a small quantity of correspondence, and a receipt dating from 1784 relating to the sale of a slave.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.

Subjects

• Merchants > New York (State) > New York
• Dash family
• Slavery > United States > 18th century

Access (note)

• Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Source (note)

• Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society

Location of Other Archival Materials (note)

• Milstein Division of Local History and Genealogy, New York Public Library.

Call Number

MssCol NYGB 18360

OCLC

668119463

Author

Dash, J. Bowie, 1873-

Title

Dash family papers, 1784-1857.

Restricted Access

Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Location of Other Archival Materials

Book of deeds, mortgages, wills, etc. of J. Bowie Dash, 1913; Milstein Division of Local History and Genealogy, New York Public Library.

Source

Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 2008.

Occupation

Merchants New York (State) New York

Added Author

Dash, Daniel.

Dash, John Bowie.

New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Collection.

Research Call Number

MssCol NYGB 18360