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William Laight
Biography
William Laight (1751-1804) was the father of fellow New York Society Library member Edward W. Laight. He was a New York City merchant in the firm William Laight & Co. with partner William Backhouse. A loyalist during the American Revolution, he was appointed Assistant Brigade Major of the militia. He was also on the board of the New York Chamber of Commerce and was a vestryman for Trinity Church.
Local Note
William Laight was a trustee of the New York Society Library from 1796 to 1798.
Mentioned
- Keep, Austin Baxter. History of the New York Society Library, pp. 226, 236
- King, Marion. Books and People: Five Decades of New York's Oldest Library, pp.
- Monaghan, Frank. This was New York, the Nation's Capital in 1789, pp.
| Date Out | Text | Vol | Size | Date In | Rep | Fines | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/27/1789 | Sully's Memoirs | 1 | 12mo. | 08/03/1789 | 005 | ||
| 08/03/1789 | Sully's Memoirs | 2 | 12mo. | 08/07/1789 | son | 006 | |
| 08/07/1789 | Sully's Memoirs | 3 | 12mo. | 08/10/1789 | son | 007 | |
| 08/10/1789 | Sully's Memoirs | 4 | 12mo. | 08/12/1789 | son | 007 | |
| 08/12/1789 | Sully's Memoirs | 3 | 12mo. | son | 008 | ||
| 08/14/1789 | Persian Tales | 12mo. | 08/21/1789 | son | 008 | ||
| 08/17/1789 | Juliet Grenville | 2 | 12mo. | 08/19/1789 | son | 009 | |
| 08/19/1789 | Julia de Roubigne | 1 | 12mo. | 08/26/1789 | son | 009 | |
| 08/21/1789 | Pamela | 2 | 12mo. | 08/21/1789 | son | 010 | |
| 08/21/1789 | Pamela | 3 | 12mo. | 08/24/1789 | 010 | ||
| 08/26/1789 | Pamela | 4 | 12mo. | 08/28/1789 | son | 011 | |
| 08/31/1789 | Cotton's Works | 12mo. | 09/09/1789 | son | 012 | ||
| 09/02/1789 | Caroline | 1 | 12mo. | 09/04/1789 | son | 013 | |
| 09/04/1789 | Caroline | 2 | 12mo. | 09/07/1789 | son | 013 | |
| 09/07/1789 | Life of Putnam | 12mo. | 09/09/1789 | son | 014 | ||
| 09/09/1789 | Romance of Real Life | 3 | 12mo. | 09/11/1789 | 015 | ||
| 09/11/1789 | Modern times | 12mo. | son | 016 | |||
| 09/18/1789 | Baron Tott | 2 | 12mo. | 09/21/1789 | 018 | ||
| 10/09/1789 | Bruces Memoirs | 8vo. | 10/12/1789 | 025 | |||
| 10/12/1789 | Rabelais Works | 12mo. | 10/14/1789 | 025 | |||
| 10/14/1789 | Rabelais Works | 2 | 12mo. | 10/16/1789 | 026 | ||
| 10/16/1789 | Rabelais Works | 3 | 12mo. | 10/19/1789 | 027 | ||
| 10/19/1789 | Rabelais Works | 4 | 12mo. | 10/24/1789 | 027 | ||
| 10/21/1789 | Peter the cruel | 1 | 8vo. | 10/26/1789 | 028 | ||
| 10/26/1789 | Peter the cruel | 2 | 8vo. | 10/28/1789 | 029 | ||
| 10/28/1789 | Wilson's Pelew Islands | 8vo. | 029 | ||||
| 11/11/1789 | Cooke's Life | 8vo. | 11/13/1789 | 033 | |||
| 11/13/1789 | Irwin's Adventures | 8vo. | 11/18/1789 | 034 | |||
| 11/18/1789 | Cellini's life | 8vo. | 11/25/1789 | 152 | |||
| 11/18/1789 | Cellini's Life | 8vo. | 11/25/1789 | 035 | |||
| 11/25/1789 | Zoriada | 12mo. | 11/30/1789 | 152 | |||
| 11/30/1789 | Boswells Journal | 8vo. | 12/07/1789 | 152 | |||
| 12/07/1789 | Bachelor of Salamanca | 1 | 12mo. | 12/09/1789 | 152 | ||
| 12/09/1789 | " | 2 | 12mo. | 12/11/1789 | 152 | ||
| 12/11/1789 | Emmeline | 1 | 12mo. | 12/14/1789 | 152 | ||
| 12/14/1789 | " | 2 | 12mo. | 12/16/1789 | 152 | ||
| 12/16/1789 | Female Stability | 1 | 12mo. | 12/18/1789 | 152 | ||
| 12/18/1789 | " | 2 | 12mo. | 12/21/1789 | 152 | ||
| 12/21/1789 | " | 3 | 12mo. | 12/23/1789 | 152 | ||
| 12/23/1789 | " | 4 | 12mo. | 12/28/1789 | 152 | ||
| 12/28/1789 | Fair Syrian | 1 | 12mo. | 12/30/1789 | 152 | ||
| 12/30/1789 | " | 2 | 12mo. | 01/04/1790 | 152 | ||
| 01/04/1790 | Arundle | 1 | 12mo. | 01/08/1790 | 152 | ||
| 01/08/1790 | " | 2 | 12mo. | 01/11/1790 | 152 | ||
| 01/11/1790 | Arpasia | 1 | 12mo. | 01/13/1790 | 152 | ||
| 01/13/1790 | " | 2 | 12mo. | 01/15/1790 | 152 | ||
| 01/15/1790 | Clio | 12mo. | 01/18/1790 | 152 | |||
| 01/18/1790 | Le Bruyns Travels | 1 | Folio. | 01/22/1790 | 152 | ||
| 01/22/1790 | Piozzis Journey | 8vo. | 02/05/1790 | 152 | |||
| 02/05/1790 | Youngs Tour | 1 | 8vo. | 02/08/1790 | 152 | ||
| 02/08/1790 | Le Bruyns travels | 2 | Folio. | 02/15/1790 | 152 | ||
| 02/15/1790 | Edward Mortimer | 02/17/1790 | 152 | ||||
| 02/17/1790 | Ann. Reg | 1786 | 02/24/1790 | 152 | |||
| 02/24/1790 | " | 1787 | 03/03/1790 | 152 | |||
| 03/03/1790 | Morses Geography | 8vo. | 03/08/1790 | 152 | |||
| 03/08/1790 | Rollin An Hist | 1 | 8vo. | 03/17/1790 | 152 | ||
| 03/17/1790 | " | 2 | 8vo. | 03/31/1790 | 152 | ||
| 03/31/1790 | " | 3 | 8vo. | 04/19/1790 | 152 | ||
| 04/19/1790 | " | 7 | 8vo. | 05/03/1790 | 152 | ||
| 05/03/1790 | " | 4 | 8vo. | 05/17/1790 | 152 | ||
| 05/17/1790 | " | 5 | 8vo. | 05/21/1790 | 152 | ||
| 05/21/1790 | Lond Mag | 39 | 8vo. | 06/03/1790 | 152 | ||
| 06/03/1790 | Answers to Jenyns | 12mo. | 06/07/1790 | 152 | |||
| 06/07/1790 | History China | 1 | 8vo. | 06/16/1790 | 152 | ||
| 06/16/1790 | Description of China | 1 | 8vo. | 07/08/1790 | 152 | ||
| 07/08/1790 | " | 2 | 08/16/1790 | 3s/4p | 152 | ||
| 08/16/1790 | Meauties Mag | 2 | 08/27/1790 | 152 | |||
| 08/27/1790 | Gillies Fred | 2 | 09/10/1790 | 152 | |||
| 09/10/1790 | Lady Woodford | 09/13/1790 | 152 | ||||
| 09/13/1790 | Zelucco | 1 | 09/18/1790 | 152 | |||
| 09/18/1790 | Lydia | 2 | 09/27/1790 | 152 | |||
| 09/29/1790 | Interesting Memoirs | 2 | 10/04/1790 | 152 | |||
| 10/06/1790 | Browns travels | 1 | 10/14/1790 | 152 | |||
| 10/14/1790 | Lif of D. Tayolr | 2 | 10/19/1790 | 152 | |||
| 10/19/1790 | Zelucco | 2 | 10/26/1790 | 152 | |||
| 10/26/1790 | Interesting Memoirs | 1 | 10/27/1790 | 152 | |||
| 10/27/1790 | Sylph | 10/28/1790 | 152 | ||||
| 10/28/1790 | Fielding | 2 | 11/10/1790 | 152 | |||
| 11/12/1790 | Cooks Voyage | 1 | 11/25/1790 | 152 | |||
| 11/25/1790 | " | 2 | 12/06/1790 | 152 | |||
| 12/06/1790 | Arundel | 1 | 12/08/1790 | 152 | |||
| 12/08/1790 | " | 2 | 12/11/1790 | 152 | |||
| 12/11/1790 | Robtsons Charles 5 | 1 | 01/21/1791 | 3s/6p | 152 | ||
| 02/07/1791 | Annual Reg | 1784 | 02/10/1791 | 152 | |||
| 02/10/1791 | Gent Mag | 58 | 02/23/1791 | 152 | |||
| 02/23/1791 | Bruces travels | 5 | 02/25/1791 | 152 | |||
| 02/26/1791 | Chas Mandeville | 02/28/1791 | 152 | ||||
| 02/28/1791 | Numa pompilius | 1 | 03/01/1791 | 152 | |||
| 03/01/1791 | " | 2 | 03/02/1791 | 152 | |||
| 03/02/1791 | Ethelinda | 3 | 03/15/1791 | 152 | |||
| 03/15/1791 | " con | 3 | 03/17/1791 | 152 | |||
| 03/17/1791 | Louisa | 1 | 03/19/1791 | 152 | |||
| 03/19/1791 | H. Somerville | 1 | 03/21/1791 | 152 | |||
| 03/21/1791 | Louisa | 2 | 03/22/1791 | 152 | |||
| 03/22/1791 | H. Som. | 2 | 03/23/1791 | 152 | |||
| 03/23/1791 | " | 3 | 03/25/1791 | 152 | |||
| 03/25/1791 | " | 4 | 03/28/1791 | 152 | |||
| 03/28/1791 | Chardins Travels | 04/07/1791 | 152 | ||||
| 04/07/1791 | Goldsmiths Greece | 04/16/1791 | 152 | ||||
| 04/19/1791 | John of Gaunt | 1 | 04/22/1791 | 152 | |||
| 04/22/1791 | Hartly house | 04/26/1791 | 152 | ||||
| 04/26/1791 | Gibbon Ab | 1 | 05/20/1791 | 8p | 152 | ||
| 05/20/1791 | " con | 1 | 06/27/1791 | 3p | 152 | ||
| 06/27/1791 | " con | 1 | 07/21/1791 | 8p | 152 | ||
| 07/21/1791 | " | 2 | 08/03/1791 | 152 | |||
| 08/03/1791 | Georg Maitland | 1 | 08/14/1791 | 152 | |||
| 08/14/1791 | 73 | 09/02/1791 | 4p | 152 | |||
| 09/02/1791 | Gibbon Abrdgd | 2 | 09/23/1791 | 152 | |||
| 09/23/1791 | " con | 2 | 10/03/1791 | 152 | |||
| 10/03/1791 | Sketches in Portugal | 2 | 10/19/1791 | 152 | |||
| 10/26/1791 | Norman Tales | 10/29/1791 | 152 | ||||
| 10/29/1791 | Gibbon Abrdgd | 2 | 11/08/1791 | 152 | |||
| 11/09/1791 | Johnsons table talk | 11/11/1791 | 152 | ||||
| 11/11/1791 | Fielding | 8 | 11/12/1791 | 152 | |||
| 11/12/1791 | Pennants tour | 11/17/1791 | 152 | ||||
| 11/17/1791 | Wendebornes View | 1 | 11/22/1791 | 152 | |||
| 11/23/1791 | Gibbons Abrdgd | 2 | 11/24/1791 | 152 | |||
| 11/24/1791 | Simple Story | 4 | 11/25/1791 | 152 | |||
| 11/25/1791 | Wenderbornes View | 2 | 12/05/1791 | 152 | |||
| 12/07/1791 | Steeles plays | 12/09/1791 | 152 | ||||
| 12/09/1791 | Williams Letters | 12/12/1791 | 152 | ||||
| 12/12/1791 | Fair hibernian | 12/14/1791 | 152 | ||||
| 12/14/1791 | Negro | 1 | 12/15/1791 | 152 | |||
| 12/15/1791 | Usong | 12/16/1791 | 152 | ||||
| 12/17/1791 | Young Widow | 12/19/1791 | 152 | ||||
| 12/19/1791 | Wendebornes View | 01/05/1792 | 152 | ||||
| 01/05/1792 | " | 2 | 01/24/1792 | 152 | |||
| 01/25/1792 | Footes Works | 01/27/1792 | 152 | ||||
| 01/27/1792 | Theatre | 01/28/1792 | 152 | ||||
| 01/28/1792 | Diversities fortune | 13 | 01/30/1792 | 152 | |||
| 01/30/1792 | Castle of Mowbray | 02/01/1792 | 152 | ||||
| 02/01/1792 | Diversities fortune | 02/04/1792 | 152 | ||||
| 02/04/1792 | Frederic | 02/06/1792 | 152 | ||||
| 02/06/1792 | " | 2 | 02/07/1792 | 152 | |||
| 02/07/1792 | Otoman Empire | 02/21/1792 | 152 | ||||
| 02/21/1792 | Zimmerman Survey | 03/17/1792 | 152 | ||||
| 03/17/1792 | Theatre | 14 | 03/20/1792 | 152 | |||
| 03/20/1792 | Dryden | 2 | 03/24/1792 | 152 | |||
| 03/24/1792 | Fergus | 03/26/1792 | 152 | ||||
| 03/26/1792 | Mod Europe | 04/14/1792 | 152 | ||||
| 04/14/1792 | " con | 1 | 05/01/1792 | 152 |
