Ledger and letterbook, 1815-1824.

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Ledger and letterbook, 1815-1824.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58759483

Ledger, 1815-1824, and letterbook, 1818-1819, of New York City merchant John La Farge, containing business accounts and financial correspondence with firms and business associates in France, England, and the United States, including: La Farge & Patterson, Thomas Wilson & Co., Cheriot Wilkes & Co., D'Arcy & Didier, William D. Patterson, M. Bosange of Paris and others. Letters concern extensions of credit, insurance payments, invoices, consignments, shipping and receipt of goods (particularly cotton), and account balances with fellow businessmen. The ledger records accounts with the aforementioned firms and persons, as well as many others, including President James Monroe. Ledger includes index. Of additional note is the presence of six small watercolor drawings and pencil sketches, executed as portions of a rebus, on two pages in the back of the letterbook.

2 v. (352 p.)

eng,

fre,

New-York Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7769870

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Thomas Wilson & Co.

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Bosange, M.

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D'Arcy & Didier.

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Monroe, James, 1758-1831

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James Monroe, fifth president of the United States of America (b. April 28, 1758, Monroe Hall, Virginia-d. July 4, 1831, New York, New York) fought with distinction in the Continental Army, and he practiced law in Fredericksburg, Virginia. As a young politician, he joined the anti-Federalists in the Virginia Convention which ratified the Constitution, and in 1790, an advocate of Jeffersonian policies, he was elected United States Senator. As Minister to France in 1794-1796, Monroe showed strong ...

Cheriot Wilkes & Co.

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La Farge, John, 1786-1858.

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Merchant of New York City. From the description of Ledger and letterbook, 1815-1824. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58759483 ...

Patterson, William D. merchant.

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