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Box 1

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Contains 29 Results:

Sir Isaac Newton's Table of the Assays, Weights, and Values of the Most Foreign Silver and Gold Coins, 1740

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id157279
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Copy made for Peter Goelet. 4 pages. Manuscript. Oversize

Dates: 1740

Invoice of Jacob Goelet at Amsterdam, 1762

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id157280
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1 page. Document.

Dates: 1762

Devonsheiz & Kee, Bristol, England to Peter Goelet [sic], 1763 May 4

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id157282
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Signed Letter regarding money and Goelet's new undertaking. 1 page.

Dates: 1763 May 4

Newspaper clippings, in Dutch and English, 1766 and undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: id157283
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English paper lists Peter Goelet's stock. 3 items.

Dates: 1766 and undated

Richard Champion, Bristol, England to Peter Goelet, 1774 September 5

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: id157286
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Pamphlet on American affairs by [?] Priestly and English government's actions toward America. Autograph Letter Signed. 2 pages.

Dates: 1774 September 5

Bill of Lading issued to Richard Champion by John Clark for goods sent to Peter Goelet, 1774 September 15

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: id157288
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Printed Document Signed. 1 page.

Dates: 1774 September 15

Henry Kent, for Richard Champion, Bristol, England to Peter Goelet, 1774 October 22

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: id157290
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Money and fact that Mr. Champion can't write because he is busy on behalf of Edmund Burke. 1 page. Signed Letter.

Dates: 1774 October 22

Richard Champion, Bristol, England to Peter Goelet, 1775 March 1

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: id157292
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"The ministry are determined to proceed against the Provinces of New England with great violence." Autograph Letter Signed. 1 page.

Dates: 1775 March 1

Thomas Crowley & Son, London, England to Peter Goelet, 1775 July 31

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: id157294
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No prospect of reconciliation with England. 1 page. Signed Letter.

Dates: 1775 July 31

Page from The Gentleman's Magazine, 1775 July

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: id159276
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1 page advertisement for Some Memoirs of the Life and Family of the Late Reverend Mr. Laurence Sterne

Dates: 1775 July

Two dollar continental currency, Philadelphia, 1776

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: id159277
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Papers of the Goelet family of Amsterdam and New York, N. Y. Includes invoice, 1762, of Jacob Goelet at Amsterdam; and letters, 1763-1779, to Peter Goelet from merchants in Bristol and London, England (including Quakers), concerning goods, finances, and the American Revolution. Also includes receipt, 1879, signed by John Adams Dix; letter, 1882, from Henry V. Poor concerning routes of travel from Terre Haute [Ind.] to New York City; copy of letter of G. F. R. Henderson concerning Richard S....
Dates: 1776

Pardon of John Earle "late of Hackinsack, New Jersey" by George III, 1777

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: id159278
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1 page. Printed Document. Oversize.

Dates: 1777

John Crowley, London, England to Peter Goelet, New York, New York, 1778 October 5

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Identifier: id159279
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3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Bears copy of letter on August 1, 1778. Money. Trade with British soldiers in New York. Concern about war between France and England. Oversize

Dates: 1778 October 5

Power of attorney of Mary Wood to Peter Goelet witnessed by John Smythies, Nathaniel Barlow, John Mills, 1778 November 6

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Identifier: id159280
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Bears certification of witness to Mary Wood's signature of Jno. Thos. Child, signed by John King, mayor of Colchester, England. 3 pages. Document signed.

Dates: 1778 November 6

John Crowley, London, England to Peter Goelet, 1779 January 5

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Identifier: id159281
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3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Bears copy of letter, Decemb[e]r 1, 1778. Goods shipped. Fashion of buckles in England. oversize

Dates: 1779 January 5

Thomas Crowley, Wallworth near London, England to Peter Goelet, 1779 February 9

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Identifier: id159282
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3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Bears copy of letter, January 9, 1779. Wants colonies to return to England. Suggest sending amber beads to Quebec.

Dates: 1779 February 9

John Crowley, London, England to Peter Goelet, 1779 March 2

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Identifier: id159283
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3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Bears copies of letters, February 3, 1779 and January 14, 1779

Dates: 1779 March 2

Land warrant granted to James Smith for War of 1812 Service for 154 acres in Illinois, 1855 December 28

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Identifier: id159284
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Not signed by Franklin Pierce, but by a secretary. 1 page. Printed Document Signed.

Dates: 1855 December 28

Bond of City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania issued to G. Dallett & Company, 1857 February, 28

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Identifier: id159285
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1 page. Printed Document Signed.

Dates: 1857 February, 28

Receipt issued to Peter Goelet by John A. Dix, comptroller of Trinity Church, New York, 1879 April 1

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Identifier: id159286
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1 page. Printed Document Signed.

Dates: 1879 April 1

Henry V. Poor, New York, New York to R.T. Wilson, 1882 December 12

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Identifier: id159287
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1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Routes of travel from Terre Haute [Ind.] to New York City.

Dates: 1882 December 12

E. Berntsen, Drammen, Norway to Peter Goelet, New York, New York, 1886 March 18

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Identifier: id159288
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2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Requests financial aid.

Dates: 1886 March 18

Note concerning proclamation of U.S. President concerning Non-Intercourse Law, Undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Identifier: id159289
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1 page. Manuscript.

Dates: Undated

Broadside advertising song, "Who Will Care for Mother Now", Post-1861

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Identifier: id159290
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1 page. Printed.

Dates: Post-1861

Broadside of words to "Some Mother's Child", Undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Identifier: id159291
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1 page. Printed.

Dates: Undated