Brief guide to manuscripts collections| William L. Clements Library The University of Michigan Gideon lee Papers |
Gideon Lee, a shoemaker by trade, was born in Amherst, Mass., and moved to New York City in 1807, where he engaged in the leather trade. He was a member of the State Assembly in 1822, member of the board of alderman, 1828-1830, served in Congress as a Jacksonian Democrat, 1834-1837, and was a presidential elector in 1840.
Papers of Gideon Lee, merchant, mayor of New York City, United States representative from New York.
The papers, with the exception of one letter written by Lee to his first wife, consist entirely of correspondence to Lee, mostly from his constitutents. Several letters from members of his immediate family and his son-in-law, Charles M. Leupp, are also included. Most of the correspondence, 119 items, dates from January-March, 1823; December, 1835-February, 1836; and January 1837. Decriptions of the great fire in New York City in 1835 and the resulting financial fall out are included.
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