Brief guide to manuscripts collections| William L. Clements Library The University of Michigan William Law Papers |
William Law, a native of Cheshire, Conn., moved to New York, in 1801, where he served two years as a clerk in the firm of Mintern & Barker, commission merchants. Between 1802 and 1804 he supervised the construction of a flour mill in Troy, N.Y., but in 1804 he began working as a supercargo on numerous voyages, most of which involved shipment of provisions and wood products to the East Indies, coffee and spices from there to the Baltic, and eventual sale of the ship. During the War of 1812 Law remained in the Low Countries and Scandinavia, employing American ships and capital under his control in European and oriental trade.
Business correspondence and records of William Law II, New York merchant.
This collection contains 1,466 separate letters and 12 letterbooks with an additional 1,281 items, including receipts and family correspondence.
Purchased, 1971
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