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James Le Ray de Chaumont papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2186

Scope and content

Accounts, bills of lading, shipping invoices, reports of damages and repairs to ships, protestations against seizures made by the British fleet, ship registration documents, and other items issued in Glasgow, Liverpool, Nantes, New York, Baltimore, New Orleans, and ports in Haiti, Martinique, and Puerto Rico, mainly to John Juhel & Company and to John H. Behn & Company of New York City. Also, correspondence, accounts, deeds, contracts, and other items concerning the disposition of lands in Jefferson County, New York, and Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; and the settlement of the estate of Henry Boutin and other business affairs, both in France and in the United States.

Dates

  • 1781-1835.

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Entrepreneur.

Extent

.4 cubic feet. (.4 cubic feet.)

Language of Materials

English

Bibliographic References

-- Described in REPORT OF THE CURATOR AND ARCHIVIST, 1958-62.
Description rules
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Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
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