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New York merchant's daybook, 1778.

Daybook recording transactions from May 1778 through August 1778. Attributed to Solomon Townsend, but probably by another New York merchant, possibly another member of the Townsend family; Townsend's name does not appear in the volume and he was in England and then France in 1778, not returning until November 1778.

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Description
Daybook recording transactions from May 1778 through August 1778. Attributed to Solomon Townsend, but probably by another New York merchant, possibly another member of the Townsend family; Townsend's name does not appear in the volume and he was in England and then France in 1778, not returning until November 1778.
NYHS Identifier
nyhs_ms2548_v-03
Mss Collection - BV Townsend, Robert (MS 2548.3)
Member of
Robert Townsend account books, 1772?-1784.
Genre
account books
accounts
daybooks
merchants
Owning Institution
New-York Historical Society
Type
Text
Subject (Topical)
Account books--New York (State)--New York
Subject (Geographic)
New York (N.Y.)--Commerce--History--18th century
Full Title
New York merchant's daybook, 1778.
Contributor
Townsend, Solomon, 1746-1811, attributed name
Digital Format
image/tiff
Digital Origin
digitized other analog
Date Created
1778
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