Peter Goelet Papers, 1762/1886, bulk 1770/1779

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Peter Goelet Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.50 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Peter Goelet Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

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. Ewell and a commonplace book, 1793-1861; grant for a War of 1812 service and a 1777 pardon of John Earle by George III.

Copy made for Peter Goelet. 4 pages. Manuscript. Oversize

1 page. Document.

Signed Letter regarding money and Goelet's new undertaking. 1 page.

English paper lists Peter Goelet's stock. 3 items.

Pamphlet on American affairs by [?] Priestly and English government's actions toward America. Autograph Letter Signed. 2 pages.

Printed Document Signed. 1 page.

Money and fact that Mr. Champion can't write because he is busy on behalf of Edmund Burke. 1 page. Signed Letter.

"The ministry are determined to proceed against the Provinces of New England with great violence." Autograph Letter Signed. 1 page.

No prospect of reconciliation with England. 1 page. Signed Letter.

1 page advertisement for Some Memoirs of the Life and Family of the Late Reverend Mr. Laurence Sterne

1 page. Printed Document. Oversize.

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

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.

3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Bears copy of letter, Decemb[e]r 1, 1778. Goods shipped. Fashion of buckles in England. oversize

3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Bears copy of letter, January 9, 1779. Wants colonies to return to England. Suggest sending amber beads to Quebec.

3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Bears copies of letters, February 3, 1779 and January 14, 1779

Not signed by Franklin Pierce, but by a secretary. 1 page. Printed Document Signed.

1 page. Printed Document Signed.

1 page. Printed Document Signed.

1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Routes of travel from Terre Haute [Ind.] to New York City.

2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Requests financial aid.

1 page. Manuscript.

1 page. Printed.

1 page. Printed.

Copy. 2 pages. Typed Letter. Concerns Richard S. Ewell.

Bound volume. 22 leaves. Translation of excerpts of Thomson's Seasons by Muir for Miss [?] Allen. Also includes acrostic poem copied from the Glasgow Advertiser, February 12, 1793 and lines, 1861, addressed to the Sons of Tennessee and lists of sewing supplies.

Newspapers from New York

Biographical / historical:
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Gift

Processing information:

Processed by Ellen Strong in 1992.

Physical description:
31 items.