Nathan Simson Papers
Item
Country
US
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
eng
Contact information: postal address
3101 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45220
Contact information: phone number
01 513 487 3000
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
Reference number
MS-579
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (official language of the state)
Nathan Simson Papers
Language of title
eng
Creator / accumulator
Nathan Simson
Date(s)
1710/1725
Language(s)
eng
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dut
Extent
3 microfilm reels
Type of material
Textual Material
Physical condition
Good
Scope and content
This collection comprises copies of papers related to the New York merchant Nathan Simson, whose originals are part of the National Archives (Kew) collection. It includes letters, journals, freight books, invoices, receipts, bills of lading and ledgers. Some of Simson's partners, agents, correspondents and customers were Sephardim Jews from New York, Charleston, Savannah, Jamaica, Barbados or Curaçao, including Abraham de Lucena, Diego & Abraham Gonsales, Abrão Ulloa, Isaac Levy Maduro, Rodrigo Pacheco, Mordecai Gomez, Benjamin & Samuel de Casseres, Jacob Gomez, or Benjamin Pereira. For this reason, this collection contains relevant information regarding Sephardic merchant networks in the 18th-century Atlantic.
Nathan Simson papers also include the oldest known synagogue record book of the Jewish community of New York, dating from 1720-21. When Simson returned to England in 1722, he took these congregational financial records with him, together with his commercial papers. After his death in 1725, these records were deposited in the Public Record Office in London (see Marcus 1963).
Nathan Simson papers also include the oldest known synagogue record book of the Jewish community of New York, dating from 1720-21. When Simson returned to England in 1722, he took these congregational financial records with him, together with his commercial papers. After his death in 1725, these records were deposited in the Public Record Office in London (see Marcus 1963).
Archival history
The Nathan Simon Papers were received from Public Records Office, London, England, in 1960.
Administrative / Biographical history
Nathan Simson was an Ashkenazic Jew who settled in New York in the early 1700s and became a prominent merchant. Simson was active in the Atlantic trade, and his papers show that he traded with several North American ports and extended his business to the ports of Jamaica, Barbados, Curaçao, London, and Amsterdam, among others. In 1722, Nathan Simson moved to London and left his nephew Joseph Simson to run the business in New York. He passed away in 1725.
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Access, restrictions
The collection is only available for consultation in microfilm.
Existence and location of originals
Author of the description
Carla Vieira, 2022
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| Title | Alternate label | Class |
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| Nathan Simson: journals, freight books, invoices and receipts | Existence and location of copies |
| Title | Alternate label | Class |
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| The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives | Collections (official language of the state) | |
| The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives | Collections (official language of the state) |