Received New York April 2d 1794 of
Mr Allard Anthony Thirty Pounds
on Acct for Js w. DePeyster
L 30 ~ ~ G DePeyster
(Gerard DePeyster, Son of James W. Depeyster)
102. Received N. York 24 April 1794
of Allard Anthony thirty
pounds on Acct
L 30 - .. - James W. DePeyster & Co
(James W. DePeyster {Feb 23, 1745 – Feb 12, 1812} affluent early New York Merchant of Dutch ancestery, A British Loyalist, he left New York for Curacao during the American Revolution returning in the mid to late 1780s. He owned James W. DePeyster's and Co, an import company. [Johannes De Peyster came to “New Amsterdam” New York City from Haarlam, Holland in the mid 1600s.] James W. DePeyster's painting by relative Charles Wilson Peale is in the possession of the San Antonio Museum of Art)
103. Recd New York 21 Aug 1794 – Comft Sands
Note for two hundred forty five pounds
1 / 10 & Geo: Schemealls Note for twenty
Eight pounds 19 / 3 – on Account
Discounted off
L 274 .. 1 .. 1 James W. DePeyster & Co
(Comfort Sands (1748 in Cow Neck, Long Island – 1834) was an American merchant, banker and politician. First New York Comptroller 1776 - 1782; First Director of the Bank of New York, The first bank in the US; New York State Assemblyman 1784 - 85, 1788, & 1788 - 89; & President of the New York Chamber of Commerce 1794 - 1798.)