Research Catalog

Title

Van Horne & Clarkson and Streatfeild & Levinus Clarkson Co. letter book, 1795-1798.

Author

Van Horne and Clarkson.

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Details

Additional Authors

• P. en C. Van Eeghen.
• Streatfeild and Levinus Clarkson Co.

Description

.08 linear foot (1 volume)

Summary

Van Horne & Clarkson and Streatfeild & Levinus Clarkson Co. were American merchant companies. This letter book contains their copies of letters written to them by the Dutch merchant firm P. en C. Van Eeghen. The American merchants exported American and West Indian goods such as sugar, coffee, potash, tobacco, rice, cotton, wheat, rye, and spices, which were sold by the Van Eeghens in Amsterdam on consignment. Many of the letters written by the Van Eeghens include a list of commodities with their current prices at market. The letters also discuss the French Revolutionary Wars and their effect on the merchants' activities; and the capture of the American merchants' ship, the Cheesman, bound from New York to Amsterdam, in 1797.

Subjects

• Merchants
• Letter books
• Merchants > New York (State) > New York > 18th century
• International trade > 18th century
• Merchants > Netherlands > 18th century

Genre/Form

Letter books.

Access (note)

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

Source (note)

• Purchased from Donald A. Heald, 2016

Call Number

MssCol 23911

OCLC

958879866

Author

Van Horne and Clarkson.

Title

Van Horne & Clarkson and Streatfeild & Levinus Clarkson Co. letter book, 1795-1798.

Restricted Access

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

Source

Purchased from Donald A. Heald, 2016

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Occupation

Merchants.

Added Author

P. en C. Van Eeghen.

Streatfeild and Levinus Clarkson Co.

Research Call Number

MssCol 23911