William Wilkie to John Kean, February 16, 1790

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Description

William wrote to John, addressed to New York by Captain Snell. Names included: Chisholm, Maxwell, Nuville, Robert Barnwell. Topics included: Loan Office Certificates, decrease in John's agriculture and textile prices, specifically indigo, rice, and the textiles ravens duck, ozanbrig [osenberg/osnaburg], frequently used to make clothes for enslaved people, and thread. William says the "paper money medium of this state is looked on as very good."

Author/Creator

William Wilkie

Recipient

John Kean (1755-1795)

Creation Date

2-16-1790

Document Type

Manuscript

Collection

Liberty Hall Collection, 1711-1847 (bulk 1790-1830)

Inventory Location

Bay 1, Column 1, LHC Series 2

Recommended Citation

added: frequently used for enslaved people

Rights

This collection is open to the public for research use. Copyright remains with Kean University. Credit this material. Personal photographs may be made for research purposes. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to Lynette Zimmerman, Executive Director at the Liberty Hall Academic Center & Exhibition Hall at lzimmerm@kean.edu.

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Special Collections Research Library and Archive, Kean University