Scope and Contents
Account books, journals, and waste books kept by multiple members of the Lyon family and relating to personal and professional financial or business matters in New Haven, Connecticut, 1714-1830. Among those identified as using the volumes are William Lyon (1716-1767), William Lyon (1748-1830) and business partner Jeremiah Atwater, Nathaniel Lyon (1762-1836), and William Lyon (1772-1841). Volumes dating between 1788 and 1795 document William Lyon (1748-1830) and Jeremiah Atwater's woolen manufacturing business.
Dates
- 1714-1830
Creator
- Lyon, William, 1748-1830
- Atwater, Jeremiah, 1744-1835
- Lyon, William, 1772-1841
- Lyon, William, 1716-1767
- Lyon, Nathaniel, 1762-1836
- Lyons family
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Lyon Family Business Papers is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source unknown.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Extent
3.75 Linear Feet (22 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
Account books, journals, and waste books kept by multiple members of the Lyon family and relating to personal and professional financial or business matters in New Haven, Connecticut, 1714-1830. Among those identified as using the volumes are William Lyon (1716-1767), William Lyon (1748-1830) and business partner Jeremiah Atwater, Nathaniel Lyon (1762-1836), and William Lyon (1772-1841). Volumes dating between 1788 and 1795 document William Lyon (1748-1830) and Jeremiah Atwater's woolen manufacturing business.
Biographical / Historical
William Lyon (1716-1767) was married to Elizabeth Maltby Lyon (1727-1810), with whom he had two sons: William Lyon (1748-1830) and Nathaniel Lyon (1762-1836). He was active in both Boston, Massachusetts, and New Haven, Connecticut, before removing to Barbados for his health.
William Lyon (1748-1830) was a lottery agent, merchant, and banker, as well as a founding member of the Second Company of the Governor's Foot Guards. In 1788, Lyon and Jeremiah Atwater (1744-1835) established a woolen manufacturing business in New Haven, Connecticut. This manufactory was in operation until 1795, when Lyon became the first cashier of the newly organized New Haven Bank.
William Lyon was married to Lois Mansfield Lyon (1745-1821), with whom he had five children--among them William Lyon (1772-1841), who was a clerk at the New Haven Bank.
Processing Information
Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.
These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards. For more information, please refer to the Beinecke Manuscript Unit Processing Manual.
Volume titles have been taken from volume spines, covers, title pages, and the like. These titles are typically in the hand of members of the Lyon family, but some appear to have been assigned by unidentified individuals.
Former call number: Z35 005
- Account books
- Connecticut -- Economic conditions -- 18th century
- Connecticut -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
- Merchants -- Connecticut
- Merchants -- Connecticut -- 18th century
- Merchants -- Connecticut -- 19th century
- New Haven (Conn.)
- Textile industry -- Connecticut
- Wool industry -- Connecticut
- Woolen and worsted manufacture -- Connecticut
- Title
- Guide to the Lyon Family Business Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sarah Lerner
- Date
- March 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
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