Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1788, May 23 | Born, Northhampton, Mass. |
| 1813 | Married Susan Aspinwall (died 1853) |
| 1828-circa 1837 | Partner with brother Arthur and credit manager, Arthur Tappan & Co., silk jobbers in New York, N.Y. |
| 1828-1831 | Owned and published Journal of Commerce, New York, N.Y. |
| 1833 | One of the founders of the New York Anti-Slavery Society and the American Anti-Slavery Society |
| 1839-1841 | Member of the committee that undertook to secure the freedom of the captives on the slave ship Amistad |
| 1840 | Founder and first treasurer, American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society |
| 1841-1849 | Established and operated the Mercantile Agency, the first commercial credit-rating agency in America, under the firm name of Lewis Tappan & Co. |
| 1843 | Attended General Anti-slavery Convention, London, England |
| 1846 | A founder of the American Missionary Association |
| 1850, ca. | Participated, after passage of the Fugitive Slave Law, in “underground railroad” activities |
| 1854 | Married Mrs. Sarah J. Davis |
| 1855 | Joined the American Abolition Society |
| 1870 | Published The Life of Arthur Tappan. New York: Hurd and Houghton |
| 1873, June 21 | Died, Brooklyn, N.Y. |