Jacob Gerhard Koch papers
Language: dut
Number of pages: 130
Subjects: United States; Merchants; American Diplomatic and consular service; Marine insurance; History; Foreign relations; Description and travel
Description: Correspondence, letterbooks, diary, account books, ledgers, inventories, indexes, receipts, and estate and other papers documenting Koch's activities as a merchant and marine insurance broker in Amsterdam (1787-1790), Alexandria, Va. (1790-1792), and Philadelphia, Pa. (1792-1817), and reflecting his business dealings in Europe, Latin America, and North America.  His diary (1817-1818) describes a trip to Paris, France.  Also includes a 1941 published version of the memoirs (1791-1841) of Charles Nicholas Buck, U.S. consul general at Hamburg.
Notes: Open to research.

Gift, Samuel Moyerman, 1942.

Purchase, 1942.

Merchant and marine insurance broker; died 1830.

Chiefly in Dutch, with some material in English and French.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009171