Jacob Barker letters 1815, 1819, 1821, 1824, 1825, 1848

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Jacob Barker letters 1815, 1819, 1821, 1824, 1825, 1848

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Jacob Barker; 1779-1871; originally of Nantucket, Mass.; operated business in NYC; ship builder and financier; responsible for financing much of the War of 1812. Letter from Jacob Barker to His Excellency Daniel D. Tompkins, Governor of the State of New York concerning the Treaty of Ghent.

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Tompkins, Daniel D., 1774-1825

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Daniel D. Tompkins (June 21, 1774 – June 11, 1825) was an American politician. He was the fourth governor of New York from 1807 to 1817, and the sixth vice president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. Born in Scarsdale, New York, Tompkins practiced law in New York City after graduating from Columbia College. He was a delegate to the 1801 New York constitutional convention and served on the New York Supreme Court from 1804 to 1807. In 1807, he defeated incumbent Morgan Lewis to become the...

Barker, Jacob, 1779-1871

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New York legislator and banker. From the description of Jacob Barker correspondence, 1823. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450119 Jacob Barker was a New York financier who was instrumental in securing a loan of $5,000,000 for the United States to finance the War of 1812. He removed to New Orleans in 1834, became prominent in financial circles, was admitted to the bar, and practiced with success in insurance cases. In the 1840s Barker collaborated with Rowland G. Hazard to s...