Manuscripts

From a Merchant of the Province of New York to the Merchants of the city of New York: to be inserted in Hugh Gaine's Weekly Gazette

Description: Subjects: Boston Tea Party, Boston Mass. 1773; Hugh Gaine, 1726 or 1727-1807; New York Gazette and Weekly Mercury.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1774 November 1
Call number: mssDuryea
Creator: Duryea (Family : (1685-1803))(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased for the Huntington from Carmen D. Valentino by the Library Collectors' Council, March 2024.
Associated people: Niblo, William (1790-1878,)
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