Atlantic Dock Company collection 1840-1857

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Atlantic Dock Company collection 1840-1857

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The Atlantic Dock Company was the brain-child of Daniel Richards, who in 1839 began to develop the Brooklyn harbor shoreline by erecting a contained set of docks, warehouses, and a basin for deep water ships in the area presently known as Red Hook and South Brooklyn. The Atlantic Dock Company was chartered by New York State on May 6, 1840. This collection is composed of papers, dated 1840 to 1857, belonging to Richards. The collection includes act of incorporation, prospectus for investors, and a handwritten history of the company.

0.1 Linear feet; in one folder.

Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)

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Atlantic Dock Company (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.).

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In the 1840s the Atlantic Dock Company constructed a ship basin and surrounding warehouses on the waterfront at Red Hook, the first of several such facilities in Brooklyn. From the description of Records, 1839-1857. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155459407 The Atlantic Dock Company was the brain-child of Daniel Richards, who in 1839 began to develop the Brooklyn harbor shoreline by erecting a contained set of docks, warehouses, and a basin for deep water ships i...

Richards, Daniel, b. ca. 1795

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The Atlantic Dock Company was the brain-child of Daniel Richards, who in 1839 began to develop the Brooklyn harbor shoreline by erecting a contained set of docks, warehouses, and a basin for deep water ships in the area presently known as Red Hook and South Brooklyn. The Atlantic Dock Company was chartered by New York State on May 6, 1840 and began excavation and construction, capitalized at one million dollars. Richards became secretary of the company and James De Peyster Ogden bec...

Pacific Dock Company (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.).

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Ogden, James De Peyster, 1790-1870.

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Edward Curtis was a lawyer and U.S. representative from New York. From the description of James De Peyster Ogden letter to Edward Curtis, 1840. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 719997595 The Atlantic Dock Company was the brain-child of Daniel Richards, who in 1839 began to develop the Brooklyn harbor shoreline by erecting a contained set of docks, warehouses, and a basin for deep water ships in the area presently known as Red Hook and S...