Scope and Contents
Correspondence and business papers of Henry Hill, merchant, U.S. consul at Valparaiso and Santiago, Chile, and officer of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. The papers deal largely with Hill's business affairs and travels in Europe and South America and consist of two letterbooks containing copies of letters from Hill to members of his family, friends, and business associates, 1812-1815 and 1817-1818. Also included are three volumes of letters (ca. 929 items) from Estanislao Lynch, Hill's Chilean business partner, 1817-1829, dealing almost exclusively with business ventures and politics in Chile and Peru. There are also typewritten copies of some of the letters.
Dates
- 1812-1829
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection are in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Hiram Bingham, ca. 1904.
Extent
1.25 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
Correspondence and business papers of Henry Hill, merchant, U.S. consul at Valparaiso and Santiago, Chile, and officer of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. The papers deal largely with Hill's business affairs and travels in Europe and South America and consist of two letterbooks containing copies of letters from Hill to members of his family, friends, and business associates, 1812-1815 and 1817-1818. Also included are three volumes of letters (ca. 929 items) from Estanislao Lynch, Hill's Chilean business partner, 1817-1829, dealing almost exclusively with business ventures and politics in Chile and Peru. There are also typewritten copies of some of the letters.
Biographical / Historical
Henry Hill: merchant of New York, Liverpool, Peru, and Chile; U.S. Consul at Santiago and Valparaiso, Chile, 1818-; treasurer of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
- Business
- Businessmen
- Chile -- History -- War of Independence, 1810-1824
- Diplomats
- Hill, Henry, 1795-1892
- Latin America
- Lynch, Estanislao
- Merchants
- Peru -- History -- War of Independence, 1820-1829
- United States -- Commerce -- Chile
- United States -- Commerce -- England
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Chile
- Title
- Guide to the Henry Hill Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Staff of Manuscripts and Archives
- Date
- May 1982
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
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Location
Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
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