Catalogue description Tuohy Papers

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Details of 380 TUO
Reference: 380 TUO
Title: Tuohy Papers
Description:

The papers are grouped as follows:

 

380 TUO/1 Business letters to David Tuohy.

 

380 TUO/2 Draft letters from David Tuohy.

 

380 TUO/3 Accounts.

 

380 TUO/4 Ships' Papers.

 

380 TUO/5 Typewritten transcripts.

 

380 TUO/6 Typewritten transcripts of documents no longer extant.
Date: 1753-1788
Held by: Liverpool Record Office, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Tuohy, David, fl 1773-1788, of Liverpool, merchant
Physical description: 6 Series
Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers were deposited on indefinite loan by C.E. Turner, Esq., of Messrs. E.W. Turner and Son. They were found in the loft of his house, "Hillcroft", Woolton in October 1920, and are presumed to have been there since the house was built in 1835. The transcripts in 380 TUO 5 and 6 were deposited with the papers but it is not known by whom they were made.
Custodial history:

Acc.1489
Administrative / biographical background:

David Tuohy is described in Gore's Liverpool directory for 1781 as "merchant, 48 Old Hall St." These papers reveal that he was considerably involved in the slave trade.
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