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William Edgar papers, 1750-1870

Title: William Edgar papers 1750-1870

William Edgar (1736-1820) was an Irish-born merchant of Detroit, Michigan, where he was a financial agent for the British Army post. He moved to New York City in 1780 or 1781 and engaged in trade with China and East India. Collection consists of negative copies of correspondence, accounts and other papers relating to Edgar's trading post at Detroit; and correspondence concerning family and personal matters. Papers until the end of the American Revolution are dated at New York, Albany, Montreal, Michilimackinac, Philadelphia, Trenton, and elsewhere. Later papers relate to trade with London, Calcutta, Canton, China, and locations within the U.S. Correspondents include Gerard Beekman, Aaron Burr, DeWitt Clinton, Horatio Gates, Alexander Hamilton, Brockholst Livingston, Philip Livingston, Alexander Macomb, Gurdon S. Mumford, Henry Remsen, Henry Rutgers, and Daniel Webster.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear feet (11 v.)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/893 View

Edgar, William, 1736-1820. William Edgar papers, 1750-1870.

Title: William Edgar papers, 1750-1870.

Collection consists of negative copies of correspondence, accounts and other papers relating to Edgar's trading post at Detroit; and correspondence concerning family and personal matters.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear feet (11 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122314062 View

Fleming, Sampson. Sampson Fleming letter book, 1782-1790.

Title: Sampson Fleming letter book, 1782-1790.

Letter book of Sampson Fleming, kept between 1782 and 1790, containing letters written to William Edgar and to friends and relatives (primarily in Ireland and Montreal). Topics include general business, personal matters, a proposed land lottery in Pennsylvania, debts due from Mrs. Margaret Smith and William S. Smith, the ships Jay and the Empress of China (later known as the Edgar), Chinese trade, and stock in the Bank of North America. Also includes accounts of the Deputy Commissary for Detroit and Canada, 1777.

ArchivalResource: .21 linear foot (1 volume)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/725414700 View

Abraham, Chapman, d. 1783. Chapman Abraham correspondence, 1776 June 30.

Title: Chapman Abraham correspondence, 1776 June 30.

Letter from Abrams to William Edgar, merchant of Detroit, Mich., about the Yankees in Montréal.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/474963724 View

Sampson Fleming letter book, 1782-1790

Title: Sampson Fleming letter book 1782-1790

Letter book of Sampson Fleming, kept between 1782 and 1790, containing letters written to William Edgar and to friends and relatives (primarily in Ireland and Montreal). Topics include general business, personal matters, a proposed land lottery in Pennsylvania, debts due from Mrs. Margaret Smith and William S. Smith, the ships Jay and the Empress of China (later known as the Edgar), Chinese trade, and stock in the Bank of North America. Also includes accounts of the Deputy Commissary for Detroit and Canada, 1777

ArchivalResource: .21 linear foot (1 volume)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/3505 View