Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Nicholas Low papers, 1773-1897 |
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Span Dates | 1773-1897 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1784-1828) |
ID No. | MSS30627 |
Creator | Low, Nicholas, 1739-1826 |
Extent | 36,000 items |
Extent | 100 containers plus 4 oversize |
Extent | 40 linear feet |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012108 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm81030627 |
Summary | New York merchant, financier, land speculator, and state legislator. Family and business correspondence, business and ship's papers, legal papers, accounts of voyages to Asia, Europe, and South America, and printed matter. Includes correspondence with foreign merchants and relates to trade conditions, Loyalist matters, and to events in Congress during the first session following the adoption of the Constitution. |