Bancker family papers 1700-1862 1743-1862

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Bancker family papers, 1700-1862, 1743-1862

Bancker family papers 1700-1862 1743-1862

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/192

Members of the Bancker family included Evert Bancker (1721-1803), his cousins Gerard Bancker (1740-1799) and Evert Bancker, Jr. (1734- ), and Charles Nicoll Bancker (1778-1869), son of Evert, Jr. The elder Evert Bancker was partner with Gerard Bancker and from 1767 until 1776 they were the principal provisioners to the British forces in New York City. Evert Bancker was also a deputy to the 2nd-4th Provisional Congresses of New York, speaker of the new State Assembly, and a member of the Committee of Safety, later the Council of Safety. Gerard Bancker was treasurer of the province and then state of New York. His brother Evert Bancker, Jr., was a surveyor, merchant and loyalist in New York City. Charles N. Bancker was president of the Franklin Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia from 1837 to 1869, a naturalist and an astronomer. Collection consists of correspondence, accounts, family papers, military records, surveyor's book, petitions, and land papers. Bulk of the collection is correspondence including letters, 1743-1803, to Evert Bancker, Jr., from merchants, customers, family, and friends; and letters, 1843-1862, to Charles N. Bancker from agents in London concerning his acquisition of scientific books, instruments and apparatus. Also, accounts, 1767-1776, relating to the business of Evert and Gerard Bancker as provisioners to the British; family accounts; subpoenas and surveyor's book, ca. 1800, of Evert Bancker, Jr.; muster rolls and orders of loyalist militia in New York City; petitions to the British government; and some land papers.

.6 linear foot (2 boxes)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division