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Abner Lord Ely papers, 1835-1955, 1848-1871

Title: Abner Lord Ely papers 1835-1955 1848-1871

Abner Lord Ely (1805-1871) was a New York City merchant and real estate manager. He founded the real estate management firm Horace S. Ely & Company in New York City. Collection consists of general and family correspondence, legal and financial papers, and other materials relating mainly to Ely's activities as a dry goods merchant, commission agent, and manager of real estate in New York City. Correspondence, 1832-1871, received from John B. Lesieur, a socially prominent American residing in Paris, France, concerns political events in France and Europe and properties in New York which were managed by Ely. Included is correspondence with members of the Mead family and with Ely's brother John, a lawyer, regarding cases involving mercantile law being tried before the United States Supreme Court. Also, miscellaneous legal and financial papers of other members of the Ely family and a history, 1955, of the firm founded by Ely written by his lineal descendant Richard Ely Nevius.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear foot (2 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/920 View

Abner Lord Ely papers, 1835-1955, bulk (1848-1871)

Title: Abner Lord Ely papers, 1835-1955, bulk (1848-1871)

Collection consists of general and family correspondence, legal and financial papers, and other materials relating mainly to Ely's activities as a dry goods merchant, commission agent, and manager of real estate in New York City.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear foot (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/144652207 View