Call Number:

C1063

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Citations should be as follows: Moore Furman Collection, Box #, Folder #, Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1793-1808 (inclusive)

Creator:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections and Furman, Moore, 1728-1808

Form:

Correspondence -- 18th century

Abstract:

Consists of selected eighteenth-century letters and documents of businessman Moore Furman, deputy quartermaster general of New Jersey during the American Revolution.

Moore Furman was deputy quartermaster general of New Jersey during the American Revolution.

The collection consists primarily of Furman's letters (1794-1808) to his dry goods business associate, Benjamin Guild, of Pittstown, New Jersey. In addition, there are two documents (1793, 1807) concerning Pittstown property and two letters (1780) by Furman to Capt. Thomas Reading about forage needed by the American army during the Revolutionary War.

Arranged by accession number.