THE OLD MERCHANTS OF NEW YORK CITY
Second Series By Walter Barrett Clerk 1863 C O N T E N T S PREFACE: by the Author MERCHANT DESCRIPTIONS (including other points of interest)
INDEX of NAMES : Covered in the Chapters

CHAPTERS
CHAPTER 1....
Oliver Wolcott Jr Edward D. Morgan Morris Earle.
CHAPTER 2....
Stephen B. Munn (his family estate and financial stories)
CHAPTER 3....
Stephen B. Munn (continue) John G. Wendell Thomas Suffern George Suffern Joseph Boeuf William Wilson Depeyster Street George Arcularius Philip I. Arcularius Henry Kneeland of (Bogart & Kneeland)
CHAPTER 4....
John B. Coles Isaac and William Coles Thomas Buchanan Peter Goelet John and Francis Atkinson.
CHAPTER 5....
William Roberts Thomas Howell Smith Peter G. Hart The Hoffmans The Tontine Building Doctor Alexander F. Vache John Vache William Humphreys.
CHAPTER 6....
Isaac Lawrence John Lawrence John Burrell John B. Huggins The Bank of America Ancestors of the Lawrence Surname The Yellow Fever of 1798.
CHAPTER 7....
Schuyler Livingston The Irving Brothers
CHAPTER 8....
Old Wouter Van Twiller aurens / Lawrence Merchant Business That is Hereditary The Kierstedes Many Who Know Nothing of the Business of their Ancestors Hereditary Merchants A Business Education Was Severe in the Old Times
CHAPTER 9....
The Schenks James De Peyster Ogden Garrit Van Horne Thomas S. Clarkson Louis Simond Jose Rois Silva Thomas T. Gaston It Was An Unfortunate Hour For The Nation When The Capital Was Removed From New York To Present Location
CHAPTER 10....
Clerks Schuyler Livingston (business transaction) Charles Henry Hall William Niblo Joseph Hopkins John J. Glover Merchant Stores Micheal & Thomas Bull
CHAPTER 11....
Goodhue & Co. F. Varet & Co. Joseph Hoxie Wilson G. Hunt Abner Chichester
CHAPTER 12....
Bernard Hart Old New York City (circa 1786) Miscellaneous Tid-bits Mr. Benjamin Seixas Benjamin Seixas's Children Benjamin Hendricks Joseph Baker Brokers of the New York Exchange Board (1817)
CHAPTER 13....
Ironmongers William Hawkshurst Governor Cosby The Blackwell Family Blackwell & McFarlane McFarlanes & Ayres William Drayton Blackwell Scott & Wilson Gay & Gallaway Scott & Gallaway Gallaway & McFarlane Tid-Bits
CHAPTER 14....
John A. Moore Nicholas G. Carmer John A. Tardy Jr. John G. Tardy John A. Tardy Eugene Grousset
CHAPTER 15....
Henry P. Gardner William D. Kennedy Fernando Wood Thomas Shortland J. Sherman Brownell Edward Vincent Charles Davis and Theodore Dehon The Emburys
CHAPTER 16....
The Firm of N.L. & G. Griswold The Griswolds
CHAPTER 17....
Mr. Duncan Pearsall Campbell The Great House of LeRoy, Bayard & Co.
CHAPTER 18....
Arbitration between Greek and American Merchants on sale's transactions of Frigates. The Pearsalls Mr. Duncan P. Campbell (continue) The Bayards
CHAPTER 19....
Firm of Coster Brothers & Co. Daniel Holsman The Costers
CHAPTER 20....
Samuel G. Ogden The General Miranda Incident
CHAPTER 21....
Samuel G. Ogden (continue) The Ogdens John Pierce
CHAPTER 22....
John Pintard
CHAPTER 23....
John Pintard (continue) The New York Historical Society Savings Bank in New York John Pintard's Place of Burial The Erie Canal Project Bank of New York New Year's Day Observance, An Old Dutch Custom
CHAPTER 24....
Thomas Gill Mr. Elliott Abraham Vannest Miscellaneous Merchants Daniel McCormick Miscellaneous Information Gouverneur & Kemble Other Leading Irishmen of the City and Officers of St. Patrick Society
CHAPTER 25....
Gulian Verplanck The Gulian Name John and Charles Wilkes The Slidells John Griswold Packet Ships Goodhue & Co.
CHAPTER 26....
William Backhouse Daniel McCormick (continue) The Suydams Henry J. Wyckoff The Eagle Fire Insurance Company John Wilson Old Thomas Buchanan Captain Solomon Townsend The Nicolls Hon. John Smith
CHAPTER 27....
The Suydams (continue) The Underhills The Heyers Gulian C. Verplanck (continue) Miscellaneous Tid-Bit The Slidells (continue)
CHAPTER 28....
John McVikar The Van Wagenens The McVikars Nathan McVikar William Goelet Bucknor Thaddeus Phelps
CHAPTER 29....
William S. Wetmore The Alsops Fletcher Westray John Cryder The Morrisons George Peabody James Weber Lent James Lent
CHAPTER 30....
Family and Merchants of the Hicks Name
CHAPTER 31....
The Rogers Family
CHAPTER 32....
Moses Rogers Benjamin Woolsey Rogers Lyde & Rogers Henry F. Rogers John Rogers Unfortunate Merchants The Chamber of Commerce
CHAPTER 33....
Captain John Aspinwall Firm of Gilbert & John Aspinwall Firm of G. Aspinwall & Son James Scott Aspinwall The Friendly Club Gilbert Aspinwall (continue) William Aspinwall Other Aspinwall Family Members Miscellananeous Information
CHAPTER 34....
Thomas Eddy The Waltons Philip Dater
CHAPTER 35....
Joseph Thebaud Joseph Bouchaud
CHAPTER 36....
The Delevan's
CHAPTER 37....
Isaac Clason Samuel Tooker The Mead Family
CHAPTER 38....
FINAL CHAPTER Woolsey

Source:  The Old Merchants of New York City
Author:  Walter Barrett Clerk           Second series
Publisher:  Carleton Publisher 413 Broadway
Entered according to the Act of Congress 1863
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Researched, Prepared & Contributed Exclusively by 
Miriam Medina For the Brooklyn Information Page


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