Papers, 1790-1837.

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Fisher, Daniel. Papers, 1790-1837.

Papers, 1790-1837.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/207133816

This collection consists of two boxes of Fisher's correspondence, business records and legal documents, 1790-1837. Box 1 contains correspondence with his mother, Jane Fisher ( - ) (who later married James Stuart), friends, and business partners concerning his arrest "for the cause of his country," his plans to emigrate to America, the difficult political and economic situation in Ireland, and his establishment as a merchant with Elliott Hackley ( - ) in New York. Several letters written to his mother in Colerain, Ireland, concern orders for thread and linen, while other correspondence includes accounts and dealings with firms in London and Liverpool, England, concerning the sale of his products. Of special note are letters from Ireland relating to the continuing troubles there with famine, high costs of living, the distress of the poor, the Northern Confederacy, harrassment by British soldiers, the unsettled business conditions in Europe during the Napoleonic era, and the results of the Embargo and Non-Intercourse Acts on Fisher's trade. Following the collapse of his business in 1812, Fisher became involved in the making of weather glasses and razor straps in Newburgh, New York, where he settled with his mother, who had emigrated in 1798. Box 1 also contains price lists, powers of attorney, indentures, and petitions, e.g.--New York aliens requesting a decrease in residency requirements for citizenship, c. 1800. Box 2 contains accounts, inventories, bills, and receipts pertaining to Fisher's extensive business dealings, including those with William Hemphill (1743-1823) of Wilmington, Delaware and Samuel Taylor ( - ) of Colerain. The accounts, 1791-1831, relate to sales at auction, outstanding debts, items shipped, statements of loss, court costs for a lawsuit in which Fisher was involved, and his personal cash account books. Several inventories, 1802-1820, deal with sales at auction and dry goods shipped, while the many bills and receipts, 1793-1828, concern Fisher's personal affairs and business transactions, including shipping invoices, and his merchandising of linens, bleaches, potash, tobacco, cotton, liquor, wine, and leather dressing. There are also engraving plates and receipts concerning production of his book.

2 boxes.

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