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John Ripley letters.
- Title
- John Ripley letters.
- Author
- Ripley, John, 1738-1823
- Publication
- 1795-1798.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding aid
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | folder MssCol 24499 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 24499 folder MssCol 24499 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
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- Description
- .1 linear feet (1 folder)
- Summary
- John Ripley (1738-1823), of Hartford, Connecticut, was a merchant, shipowner and military officer. He was the son of Joshua Ripley and Mary Backus of Windham, Connecticut and the uncle of Dwight Ripley (1764-1835) of Norwich. Ripley was major of a Connecticut state regiment during the Revolution, and major of the 13th U.S. Infantry from 1799-1800. The John Ripley letters, 1795-1798, chiefly consist of letters addressed to him at Coventry and Hartford, Connecticut; Bath, Maine; and New York City. These are written by American merchants; his Liverpool agents Anderson, Child & Child; and Captain David Jewett, master of the ship Alliance. A letter from Ripley at Boston to merchant Henry Huntington at New York, and a letter from Cordis & Langdon to David Trufant, 1795, both referring to the construction and fitting of a new ship in which Huntington and Ripley were invested, are included. Jewett's letter of 1798 September 13 at Liverpool concerns business related to the capture of the Alliance by a French privateer and its recapture by British ships, with comment on the French invasion of Ireland, the imprisonment of Americans in France, and piracy on the seas. A letter from Roylance Child at Boston, 1796 October 13, is written on the back of a bill of prices current from his partners in Liverpool. An additional undated bill from the same firm is possibly the enclosure to Jewett's letter.
- Subjects
- Merchants
- Merchants > New York (State) > New York
- Ripley, John, 1738-1823 > Correspondence
- Ship captains
- Shipping > United States > History > 18th century
- United States > Commerce > Great Britain
- Merchants > Connecticut > Hartford
- Great Britain > Commerce > United States
- Merchants > England > Liverpool
- United States > History > 1797-1801
- Note
- Formerly part of the Mercantile Collection.
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
- Source (note)
- Purchase, Wormser, 1936.
- Call Number
- MssCol 24499
- OCLC
- 1041709250
- Author
- Ripley, John, 1738-1823, creator.
- Title
- John Ripley letters.
- Production
- 1795-1798.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
- Source
- Purchase, Wormser, 1936.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Merchants.Ship captains.
- Added Author
- Huntington, Henry, 1766-1846, correspondent.Jewett, David, correspondent.Anderson, Child & Child (Liverpool, England), correspondent.Cordis & Langdon, correspondent.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 24499