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Richard Champion letter book
- Title
- Richard Champion letter book, 1773-1775.
- Author
- Champion, Richard, 1743-1791.
- Supplementary Content
- Collection guide
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Restricted use | MssCol 511 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Details
- Description
- 1 v. (173 leaves); 22 cm.
- Summary
- This is the fourth volume in chronological order of five letter books transcribed by Richard Champion and members of his family from original correspondence (the other volumes, numbered I-IV, are at the Bristol Record Office).
- Subject
- Champion, Richard, 1743-1791
- Champion family
- Baker, W. 1743-1824
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
- Burke, Richard, 1733-1794
- Pitt, Thomas, Baron Camelford, 1737-1793
- Pocock, Nicholas, 1740?-1821
- Porcelain, British > 18th century
- America > Commerce > Great Britain
- Bristol (England) > Social life and customs
- Great Britain > Colonies > America
- Great Britain > Commerce > America
- Great Britain > Politics and government > 18th century
- United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Note
- Some letters were misdated in transcription (e.g.,1783 for 1773).
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Microfilm must be used in lieu of original volume.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Available on microfilm;
- Also available as part of The letterbooks of Richard Champion, 1760-1775, in British records relating to America in microform (BRRAM).
- Biography (note)
- Richard Champion (1743-1791) of Bristol, England was a noted merchant and porcelain manufacturer.
- Provenance (note)
- Ownership signature of Jno. C. Vaughan.
- Call Number
- MssCol 511
- OCLC
- NYPG05-A10043
- Author
- Champion, Richard, 1743-1791.
- Title
- Richard Champion letter book, 1773-1775.
- Additional Formats
- Available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-250.Also available as part of The letterbooks of Richard Champion, 1760-1775, in British records relating to America in microform (BRRAM).
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Access
- Microfilm must be used in lieu of original volume.
- Biography
- Richard Champion (1743-1791) of Bristol, England was a noted merchant and porcelain manufacturer. Champion, a Quaker, was active in political and civic affairs and sympathetic to American interests. He worked to elect Edmund Burke to Parliament for Bristol in 1774. Champion emigrated with his family to South Carolina in 1784 and settled near Camden, where he died in 1791.
- Provenance
- Ownership signature of Jno. C. Vaughan.
- Finding Aids
- Guide for all letterbooks is: The letterbooks of Richard Champion, 1760-1775 in the Bristol Record Office and New York Public Library. Introduction by Deborah M. Olsen. BRRAM Series Booklet No. 35. East Ardsley, Wakefield, England: Microform Academic Publishers, 1986; available on internet.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Merchants.Potters England.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 511