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(NEW YORK CITY.) Teller, Oliver. Manuscript receipt book kept by an early mercantile family. 61 pages. 4to, original vellum, creased and ink-stained; intermittent ink and dampstaining within, corner torn from one page. New York, 1720-70
Oliver Teller (1685-1729), descended from Dutch grandparents, was an Albany native who settled in New York City by 1720. He kept this receipt book for the last nine years of his life, getting the signatures of his creditors as they were paid. Additional receipts are made out to his widow Cornelia (de Peyster) Teller through 1736, son Oliver Teller in 1745, and Isaac Teller of Fishkill, NY from 1766-70. The signatures in this book reflect New York's ethnic diversity of that early period, including English, Jewish, French Huguenot, and Dutch names. Among the notables writing out their receipts and signing the book were members of the Livingston, Schuyler, Beekman, and Cruger families. with--a related loose receipt from C. De Peyster to Mrs. Cornelia Teller, 1729.
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