Nicholas Low papers, 1773-1897 (bulk 1784-1828)
Low, Nicholas,
1739-1826
mixed material
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Organized into family papers, general correspondence, special correspondence, miscellany, and oversize material. The family papers and special correspondence in this collection are arranged alphabetically by name of person or institution. The general correspondence is organized chronologically and therein by name of city.
Family and business correspondence; business and ship's papers; legal papers; accounts of voyages to Asia, Europe, and South America; and printed matter of Nicholas Low, merchant of Low & Wallace, New York, N.Y., and other Low family members. Includes correspondence with foreign merchants; Low's brother, Isaac Low (1735-1791); and Isaac Low's son, Isaac Low, a commissary-general in the British Army, pertaining to trade conditions, loyalist matters, progress of British-American relations, and the proceedings for recovery of property seized from Isaac Low during the Revolution. Correspondence of Mordecai Lewis & Company, merchants of Philadelphia, Pa., relates to events in Congress during the first session following the adoption of the Constitution and other matters. Also includes papers relating to Nicholas Low's lands in Kentucky, Ohio, and New York; the founding of Ballston Spa and Lowville, N.Y.; the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures; and other matters relating to life in New York between 1780 and 1810. Other subjects include commercial contacts in Great Britain, Ireland, the European continent, Argentina, Canada, China, India, Mexico, Uruguay, and the West Indies.
Open to research.
Gift, Emil Hurja, 1938-1939.
New York merchant, financier, land speculator, and state legislator.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012108
Low, Isaac
Correspondence
Low, Isaac,
1735-1791
Correspondence
Great Britain.
Army
Officers
Low & Wallace (New York, N.Y.)
Mordecai Lewis & Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Correspondence
Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures.
United States.
Congress.
United States.
Constitution
American loyalists
Business records
New York (State)
Commerce
Land speculation
Kentucky
Land speculation
New York (State)
Land speculation
Ohio
Merchants
New York (State)
New York
Merchants
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Ship's papers
18th century
Ship's papers
19th century
Voyages and travels
Asia
Description and travel
Ballston Spa (N.Y.)
History
Europe
Description and travel
Argentina
Commerce
Canada
Commerce
China
Commerce
Europe
Commerce
Great Britain
Commerce
Great Britain
Foreign relations
United States
India
Commerce
Ireland
Commerce
Lowville (N.Y.)
History
Mexico
Commerce
New York (State)
History
Revolution, 1775-1783
New York (State)
Social life and customs
South America
Description and travel
United States
Commerce
United States
Foreign relations
Great Britain
United States
History
Revolution, 1775-1783
United States
History
Revolution, 1775-1783
Claims
United States
Politics and government
1783-1789
Uruguay
Commerce
West Indies
Commerce
Land speculators
Merchants
Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
MSS30627
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hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012108
hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012108.3
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012108
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012108.3
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