Receipt book, 1791-1800.

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Receipt book, 1791-1800.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58772609

Receipt book, 1791-1800, of Alexander Ogsbury and the firm of Alexander Ogsbury and Son, merchants and importers of New York City. Entries record payments for freight, rent, household goods, shipments of goods from abroad, pew rent, taxes, musical instruments, sums paid out on account, and numerous unspecified transactions. Individual entries include payments to George and John J. Astor, Thomas Collister, Smith & Perry, Alexander Ogsbury Sr., Reuben Bunn, et al.

1 v. (160 p.)

New-York Historical Society

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Collister, Thomas.

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Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848

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John Jacob Astor organized the American Fur Company in 1808, and the Pacific Fur Company in 1810. In the spring of 1811 he established a post at Astoria on the Columbia River, but sold it to British interests in 1813. By 1817 Astor had gained control of all the Mississippi Valley posts of the Northwest and Southwest Companies. The Columbia Fur Company, one of Astor's major competitors, was absorbed in 1827. By 1834 Astor tired of the fur business and sold all of his interests. From t...

Alexander Ogsbury & Son.

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Astor, George

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Smith & Perry.

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Ogsbury, Alexander.

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Merchant and importer of the firm of Alexander Ogsbury & Son, New York City. From the description of Receipt book, 1791-1800. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58772609 ...

Bunn, Reuben.

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