Duer, William, 1747-1799

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Dates:
Birth 1749
Death 1799
Birth 1747
Death 1799

Biographical notes:

New York delegate to U.S. Continental Congress, army officer and jurist.

From the description of Papers of William Duer, 1776-1789. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009562

Mercantilist, financier, army contractor.

From the description of Papers, 1752-1802. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 476442112

Duer was born in Devonshire, England, and settled in New York in 1768. During the Revolution he held a number of public offices, including delegate to the New York constitutional convention and the Continental Congress, where he signed the Articles of Confederation. Later he was a member of the New York Assembly and assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury. He resigned this post early in 1790 to plunge into land speculation, and in 1792 was sent to debtor's prison, where he spent the rest of his life.

From the description of ALS : New York, to Benjamin Walker, Paris, 1790 Nov. 30. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122525023

Member of the Continental Congress and Signer of the Articles of Confederation.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Board of Treasury, New York, to Thomas Haswood, Esq., 1787 Oct. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270744286

From the description of Autograph letter signed : to B. Walker, Esq., 1792 Jan. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270744266

From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, 1794 Oct. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270744249

From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to General Irvine, 1790 Jul. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270744244

From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to the Hon. Richard Varick, mayor of New York, 1796 Sept. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270744255

Duer was born in Devonshire, England, and settled in New York in 1768. During the Revolution he held a number of public offices, including delegate to the New York constitutional convention and the Continental Congress, where he signed the Articles of Confederation. Later he was a member of the New York Assembly and assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury.

From the description of DS : Fishkill, N.Y., to the Pennsylvania Council of Safety, 1776 Oct. 11. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122585744

Entrepreneur, financier, army contractor.

From the description of Papers, 1774-1802. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58664580

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Subjects:

  • American loyalists
  • Debt, Imprisonment for
  • Distilleries
  • Finance
  • Jails
  • Land companies
  • Land settlement
  • Lumber trade
  • Real estate investment
  • Sawmills
  • Speculation

Occupations:

  • Army officers
  • Delegates, U.S. Continental Congress
  • Financiers
  • Jurists

Places:

  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • New York (State) (as recorded)
  • New York (State) (as recorded)
  • New York (State) (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--Poughkeepsie (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--New York (as recorded)
  • Fort Miller (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Poughkeepsie (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Illinois (as recorded)
  • Pennsylvania (as recorded)
  • Pennsylvania (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--Fort Miller (as recorded)
  • Ohio (as recorded)
  • Pennsylvania (as recorded)
  • New York (State) (as recorded)
  • New York (State) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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