Abner Lord Ely papers 1835-1955 1848-1871

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Abner Lord Ely papers 1835-1955 1848-1871

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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.

1 linear foot (2 boxes)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6315936

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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United States. Supreme Court

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Supreme Court of the United States, final court of appeal and final expositor of the Constitution of the United States. Within the framework of litigation, the Supreme Court marks the boundaries of authority between state and nation, state and state, and government and citizen. Scope And Jurisdiction The Supreme Court was created by the Constitutional Convention of 1787 as the head of a federal court system, though it was not formally established until Congress passed the Judiciary Act in 17...

Lesieur, John B., d. 1876.

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Horace S. Ely & Co. (New York, N.Y.)

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Ely, John

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Ely, Seth M

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Nevius, Richard Ely, 1907-

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Ely, Horace S

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Mead family

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Ely, Abner Lord, 1805-1871.

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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. From the guide to the Abner Lord Ely papers, 1835-1955, 1848-1871, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) 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...

Ely family

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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. From the guide to the Abner Lord Ely papers, 1835-1955, 1848-1871, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...