Records, 1795-1800.

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Records, 1795-1800.

Records, 1795-1800, including accounts, rules, minutes of meetings, names and signatures of subscribers, names of visitors, a note of suspension of meetings during the yellow fever epidemic of 1798, etc. The club met for dinner on Saturdays during the summer season. Its members included such prominent New Yorkers as Robert Lenox, Peter Kemble, Nicholas Cruger, Cornelius Ray, William Bayard, Archibald Gracie, David Hosack, and others.

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Hosack, David, 1769-1835

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David Hosack was a New York physician and horticulturist; he was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1810. From the guide to the David Hosack letters and papers, 1795-1835, 1795-1835, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Gracie, Archibald, 1755-1829

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Archibald Gracie emigrated from his native Scotland to Petersburg, Va. and then finally settled in New York City where he became a successful shipping magnate. Gracie purchased land along the East River and in 1799 built a Federal style mansion that today is the home of the mayor of New York. Gracie entertained on a grand scale, counting among his guests Louis Philippe, John Quincy Adams, Lafayette, and Washington Irving. Unfortunately, the War of 1812 caused Gracie's financial ruin. Debts due t...

Ray, Cornelius, 1755-1827.

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Bayard, William, 1761-1826

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Cruger, Nicholas, 1743-1800

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Businessman of New York. From the description of Nicholas Cruger Estate papers, 1800-1821. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449809 ...

Kemble, Peter,

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Sub Rosa Club (New York, N.Y.)

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Dining club, New York City. From the description of Records, 1795-1800. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58775333 ...

Lenox, Robert, 1759-1839

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