A Guide to the Coach and Carriage Papers, 1794-1848
A Collection in
the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Manuscript Number MS 80.2
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Coach and Carriage Papers, Manuscript MS 80.2, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Alternative Form
Also available on microfilm (M-1585) and transcript (TR91).
Custodial History
Transferred to Special Collections from Architectural Research in 1980.
Scope and Content Information
Correspondence between coachmakers and their customers containing descriptions, specifications, special modification requests, and some prices for new carriages, as well as modifications to and repairs of existing coaches and a request for the appraisal of two coaches to be sold second-hand. Also, the petitions from two Frederick County [probably Maryland] court cases between apprentices and master craftsmen (a saddler and a coachmaker). Letter, March 25, 1848, from coachmaker Isaac Mix, Jr., New York, to an unnamed customer. Other coachmakers mentioned include Messrs. Lukin and Allan and Mr. Leader, all English, and Cornelius Fur of Maryland. Other names appearing in the collection include: Daniel Buchias, Robert Edging, Otto McKusick, and Isaac Martz, all in America; and Gen. John William Egerton, Hon. Gen. Alexander Hope, Sir John Shelley, Duchess of Somerset, Duke of Somerset, Lord T. Spencer, and Hon. Thomas Steele, all in England.
Arrangement
Chronologically arranged.
Index Terms
- Buckias, Daniel.
- Egerton, John William.
- Fur, Cornelius.
- Hope, Alexander, Sir, 1769- 1837.
- Leader, Mr.
- Lukin, Lionel, 1742-1834.
- Martz, Isaac.
- Mix, Isaac.
- Shelley, John, Sir.
- Somerset, Edward Adolphus Seymour, Duke, 1775-1855.
- Apprentices-- Maryland--History--18th century.
- Carriage and wagon making--England--History.
- Carriage and wagon making--Maryland--History--18th century.
- Carriage manufacturers and dealers--England.
- Master and servant--Maryland--History--18th century.
- Lukin and Allan (Firm)
- Maryland. County Court (Frederick County)
- Contracts--Maryland--18th century.
- Court records-- Maryland--18th century.