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Daniel Phoenix
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Daniel Phoenix (1742-1812) was a New York City merchant at 217 Water Street. A patriot during the American Revolution, he was one of the Sons of Liberty. Phoenix was the city chamberlain from 1784 to 1809 and a trustee and manager of the financial affairs of the Wall Street Presbyterian Church from 1772 to 1812. He was also a member of the New York Chamber of Commerce from 1770 to 1812, a member of the Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York, and he served as governor of the New York Hospital. He was the father of the Reverend Alexander Phoenix.
Local Note
Daniel Phoenix was a trustee and treasurer of the New York Society Library from 1795 to 1809.
Mentioned
- Keep, Austin Baxter. History of the New York Society Library, pp. 235-236, 231, 304
- 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 |
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| 09/18/1789 | Savary's letters | 1 | 8vo. | 09/21/1789 | 018 | ||
| 09/23/1789 | Gibbon's R.H. | 2 | 8vo. | 09/28/1789 | 019 | ||
| 09/28/1789 | Gibbon's Rom. Hist. | 3 | 8vo. | 10/05/1789 | 020 | ||
| 10/05/1789 | Gibbons R Hist. | 4 | 8vo. | 10/09/1789 | 021 | ||
| 10/07/1789 | Gibbons R. Hist. | 5 | 8vo. | 10/16/1789 | 022 | ||
| 10/21/1789 | Gibbons R. Hist. | 6 | 8vo. | 10/26/1789 | 028 | ||
| 10/30/1789 | Carter's Travels | 1 | 8vo. | 11/02/1789 | 030 | ||
| 11/02/1789 | Carter's Travels | 2 | 8vo. | 11/07/1789 | 031 | ||
| 11/11/1789 | Gibbons Rom. Hist. | 7 | 8vo. | 11/16/1789 | 033 | ||
| 11/16/1789 | Gibbon's Rom. Hist. | 8 | 8vo. | 11/23/1789 | 035 | ||
| 11/23/1789 | Gibbon's Roman Empire | 9 | 8vo. | 12/04/1789 | 186 | ||
| 12/04/1789 | " | 10 | " | 12/21/1789 | 186 | ||
| 12/21/1789 | " | 11 | " | 01/11/1790 | 186 | ||
| 01/11/1790 | " | 12 | " | 01/18/1790 | 186 | ||
| 01/18/1790 | Addison's Evidences | 12mo. | 01/29/1790 | 186 | |||
| 01/29/1790 | Addison's Works | 1 | " | 02/05/1790 | 186 | ||
| 02/05/1790 | " | 2 | " | 02/15/1790 | 186 | ||
| 02/15/1790 | Beauties of History | 1 | 8vo. | 02/19/1790 | 186 | ||
| 02/19/1790 | Nature Display'd | " | 03/03/1790 | 186 | |||
| 03/03/1790 | Berington's Dissertation | " | 03/10/1790 | 186 | |||
| 03/10/1790 | West on resurrection | " | 03/19/1790 | 186 | |||
| 03/19/1790 | Ally's Essays | " | 03/29/1790 | 186 | |||
| 03/29/1790 | Bruce's Memoirs | " | 04/09/1790 | 186 | |||
| 04/09/1790 | Sparrman's Voyage | 1 | " | 04/12/1790 | 186 | ||
| 04/12/1790 | Swift | 1 | " | 04/14/1790 | 186 | ||
| 04/14/1790 | " | 2 | " | 04/19/1790 | 186 | ||
| 04/19/1790 | Ches. Misc. Works | 1 | " | 04/23/1790 | 186 | ||
| 04/23/1790 | Modern Traveller | 2 | " | 04/26/1790 | 186 | ||
| 04/26/1790 | Alex. Hist. Women | 1 | " | 04/29/1790 | 186 | ||
| 04/29/1790 | Baxter on the soul | 1 | " | 05/17/1790 | 186 | ||
| 05/17/1790 | Salvation Men | 06/04/1790 | 186 | ||||
| 06/04/1790 | Beverly's Discourses | 06/09/1790 | 186 | ||||
| 06/14/1790 | Darth Westminster | 2 | Folio. | 06/28/1790 | 186 | ||
| 06/28/1790 | Hutchinson's Works | 1 | 8vo. | 07/07/1790 | 186 | ||
| 10/02/1790 | Cook's Voyage | 1 | " | 10/09/1790 | 186 | ||
| 10/09/1790 | Boyle's Voyages | 12mo. | 10/12/1790 | 186 | |||
| 10/12/1790 | Cecilia | 1 | " | 10/14/1790 | 186 | ||
| 10/14/1790 | " | 2 | " | 10/16/1790 | 186 | ||
| 10/16/1790 | " | 3 | " | 10/18/1790 | 186 | ||
| 10/18/1790 | His. 5 Indian Nations | 8vo. | 10/25/1790 | 186 | |||
| 10/25/1790 | Life Cromwell | " | 11/01/1790 | 186 | |||
| 11/01/1790 | Emilia | 12mo. | 11/09/1790 | 186 | |||
| 11/09/1790 | Pamela | 1 | " | 11/09/1790 | 186 | ||
| 11/09/1790 | Marriage Act | 1 | " | 11/09/1790 | 186 | ||
| 11/10/1790 | Arpasia | 1 | " | 11/11/1790 | 186 | ||
| 11/11/1790 | " | 2 | " | 11/12/1790 | 186 | ||
| 11/12/1790 | Anna | 1 | " | 11/13/1790 | 186 | ||
| 11/13/1790 | Platonic Guardian | " | 11/15/1790 | 186 | |||
| 11/15/1790 | Knights Malta | 1 | " | 11/16/1790 | 186 | ||
| 11/16/1790 | Negro Plot | 2 | Folio. | 11/19/1790 | 186 | ||
| 11/19/1790 | Knights Malta | 1 | 12mo. | 11/24/1790 | 186 | ||
| 11/24/1790 | " | 2 | " | 11/29/1790 | 186 | ||
| 11/29/1790 | " | 3 | " | 11/30/1790 | 186 | ||
| 11/30/1790 | Emmeline | 1 | " | 12/01/1790 | 186 | ||
| 12/01/1790 | Matilda | 1 | 8vo. | 12/02/1790 | 186 | ||
| 12/02/1790 | " | 2 | " | 12/03/1790 | 186 | ||
| 12/03/1790 | " | 3 | " | 12/04/1790 | 186 | ||
| 12/04/1790 | Effusions Fancy | 1 | 12mo. | 12/06/1790 | 186 | ||
| 12/06/1790 | Baron Trenck | 1 | 8vo. | 12/13/1790 | 186 | ||
| 12/13/1790 | Dean Colerain | 1 | 12mo. | 12/17/1790 | 186 | ||
| 12/17/1790 | " | 2 | " | 12/20/1790 | 186 | ||
| 12/20/1790 | Zoriada | " | 12/23/1790 | 186 | |||
| 12/23/1790 | Betsy Thoughtless | 1 | 8vo. | 12/24/1790 | 186 | ||
| 12/24/1790 | Emmeline | 2 | 12mo. | 12/27/1790 | 186 | ||
| 12/27/1790 | Fingal | 8vo. | 12/29/1790 | 186 | |||
| 12/29/1790 | Dean Colerain | 3 | 12mo. | 12/30/1790 | 186 | ||
| 12/30/1790 | Turkish Spy | " | 12/31/1790 | 186 | |||
| 12/31/1790 | Irvin's Adventures | 1 | 8vo. | 01/03/1791 | 186 | ||
| 01/03/1791 | Conquest of Mexico | 1 | 4to. | 01/06/1791 | 186 | ||
| 01/06/1791 | " (Irvins' Adventures) | 2 | 8vo. | 01/17/1791 | 186 | ||
| 01/17/1791 | Peter the Cruel | 1 | " | 01/18/1791 | 186 | ||
| 01/18/1791 | Calmet's Dic. | 01/23/1791 | 186 | ||||
| 01/23/1791 | Betsy Tho. | 2 | 8vo. | 01/25/1791 | 186 | ||
| 01/25/1791 | " | 3 | " | 01/26/1791 | 186 | ||
| 01/26/1791 | " | 4 | " | 01/27/1791 | 186 | ||
| 01/27/1791 | E. Mortimer | 01/29/1791 | 186 | ||||
| 01/29/1791 | Wom. Fashion | 1 | 12mo. | 01/29/1791 | 186 | ||
| 01/29/1791 | Caroline | 1 | " | 01/31/1791 | 186 | ||
| 01/31/1791 | " | 2 | " | 02/01/1791 | 186 | ||
| 02/01/1791 | Women of Fashion | 2 | " | 02/02/1791 | 186 | ||
| 02/02/1791 | Ela | 8vo. | 02/03/1791 | 186 | |||
| 02/03/1791 | Independent | 12mo. | 02/04/1791 | 186 | |||
| 02/04/1791 | Arundel | " | 02/05/1791 | 186 | |||
| 02/05/1791 | Addison's state of Jews | 8vo. | 02/10/1791 | 186 | |||
| 02/10/1791 | Fair Syrian | 1 | 12mo. | 02/11/1791 | 186 | ||
| 02/11/1791 | Parental Solicitude | 1 | " | 02/12/1791 | 186 | ||
| 02/12/1791 | Father's Instruction | 1 | " | 02/14/1791 | 186 | ||
| 02/14/1791 | Interesting Memoirs | 1 | " | 02/15/1791 | 186 | ||
| 02/15/1791 | Female Stability | 1 | " | 02/16/1791 | 186 | ||
| 02/17/1791 | Fair Syrian | 2 | " | 02/19/1791 | 186 | ||
| 02/19/1791 | Arpasia | 1 | " | 02/17/1791 | 186 | ||
| 02/19/1791 | " | 2 | " | 02/21/1791 | 186 | ||
| 02/21/1791 | Female Stability | 2 | " | 02/22/1791 | 186 | ||
| 02/22/1791 | Modern Times | 1 | " | 02/23/1791 | 186 | ||
| 02/23/1791 | Ency. B. | 1 | 4to. | 02/24/1791 | 186 | ||
| 02/24/1791 | Anna | 2 | 12mo. | 02/27/1791 | 186 | ||
| 02/25/1791 | Female Stability | 3 | " | 02/26/1791 | 186 | ||
| 02/26/1791 | " | 2 | " | 02/26/1791 | 186 | ||
| 02/26/1791 | Elwes | 03/01/1791 | 186 | ||||
| 02/28/1791 | Letters from a Lady | 12mo. | 03/02/1791 | 186 | |||
| 03/02/1791 | Female Stability | 4 | " | 03/03/1791 | 186 | ||
| 03/03/1791 | Chatteleux | 2 | 8vo. | 03/05/1791 | 186 | ||
| 03/05/1791 | Retribution | 1 | 12mo. | 03/07/1791 | 186 | ||
| 03/07/1791 | " | 2 | " | 03/09/1791 | 186 | ||
| 03/09/1791 | " | 3 | " | 03/09/1791 | 186 | ||
| 03/09/1791 | Unfash. Wife | " | 03/10/1791 | 186 | |||
| 03/10/1791 | Zelia | 1 | " | 03/11/1791 | 186 | ||
| 03/11/1791 | " | 2 | " | 03/12/1791 | 186 | ||
| 03/12/1791 | Juv. Indiscretion | 1 | " | 03/14/1791 | 186 | ||
| 03/14/1791 | " | 2 | " | 03/16/1791 | 186 | ||
| 03/16/1791 | H. Somerville | 1 | " | 03/17/1791 | 186 | ||
| 03/17/1791 | Emma Melcombe | 1 | " | 03/19/1791 | 186 | ||
| 03/19/1791 | Honoria Som. | 2 | " | 03/21/1791 | 186 | ||
| 03/21/1791 | " | 3 | " | 03/22/1791 | 186 | ||
| 03/22/1791 | " | 4 | " | 03/25/1791 | 186 | ||
| 03/24/1791 | Fair Hibernian | " | 03/25/1791 | 186 | |||
| 03/25/1791 | Delia | 1 | " | 03/26/1791 | 186 | ||
| 03/26/1791 | Ch. Mandeville | " | 03/29/1791 | 186 | |||
| 03/29/1791 | Excursion | 1 | " | 03/29/1791 | 186 | ||
| 03/29/1791 | " | 2 | " | 03/31/1791 | 186 | ||
| 03/31/1791 | Ethelinda | 1 | " | 04/04/1791 | 186 | ||
| 04/04/1791 | " | 2 | " | 04/05/1791 | 186 | ||
| 04/05/1791 | " | 3 | " | 04/06/1791 | 186 | ||
| 04/06/1791 | Burton Wood | 1 | " | 04/07/1791 | 186 | ||
| 04/07/1791 | Convent | 1 | " | 04/09/1791 | 186 | ||
| 04/09/1791 | Greville | 1 | " | 04/09/1791 | 186 | ||
| 04/09/1791 | Convent | 2 | " | 04/11/1791 | 186 | ||
| 04/11/1791 | School of Virtue | 04/12/1791 | 186 | ||||
| 04/12/1791 | Greville | 12mo. | 04/13/1791 | 186 | |||
| 04/13/1791 | H. Somerville | 3 | " | 04/13/1791 | 186 | ||
| 04/14/1791 | " | 4 | " | 04/15/1791 | 186 | ||
| 04/15/1791 | Two Lovers | " | 04/16/1791 | 186 | |||
| 04/16/1791 | Lydia | 1 | " | 04/19/1791 | 186 | ||
| 04/19/1791 | Ad & Theo | " | 04/21/1791 | 186 | |||
| 04/20/1791 | Man Feeling | " | 04/21/1791 | 186 | |||
| 04/21/1791 | G. Maitland | 1 | " | 04/20/1791 | 186 | ||
| 04/21/1791 | Louisa | 1 | " | 04/23/1791 | 186 | ||
| 04/23/1791 | G. Bateman | 1 | " | 04/26/1791 | 186 | ||
| 04/26/1791 | " | 2 | " | 04/29/1791 | 186 | ||
| 04/29/1791 | Louisa | 1 | " | 04/29/1791 | 186 | ||
| 04/29/1791 | Theatre | 1 | " | 04/30/1791 | 186 | ||
| 04/30/1791 | " | 2 | " | 05/02/1791 | 186 | ||
| 05/02/1791 | " | 9 | " | 05/03/1791 | 186 | ||
| 05/03/1791 | Centlivre's Plays | 1 | " | 05/05/1791 | 186 | ||
| 05/05/1791 | Irish Guardian | 1 | " | 05/06/1791 | 186 | ||
| 05/06/1791 | " | 2 | " | 05/11/1791 | 186 | ||
| 05/09/1791 | Davies' Plays | 8vo. | 05/10/1791 | 186 | |||
| 05/10/1791 | E. Montague | 1 | 12mo. | 05/12/1791 | 186 | ||
| 05/13/1791 | Lady Woodford | 1 | " | 05/14/1791 | 186 | ||
| 05/14/1791 | C. Harlowe | 2 | " | 05/16/1791 | 186 | ||
| 05/16/1791 | Delia | 2 | " | 05/17/1791 | 186 | ||
| 05/17/1791 | Caroline | 2 | " | 05/19/1791 | 186 | ||
| 05/19/1791 | Muse in Good Humour | 2 | " | 05/19/1791 | 186 | ||
| 05/19/1791 | Young Widow | " | 05/20/1791 | 186 | |||
| 05/20/1791 | Pack's Miscellany | 8vo. | 05/21/1791 | 186 | |||
| 05/21/1791 | Cecilia | 3 | 12mo. | 05/23/1791 | 186 | ||
| 05/23/1791 | Independent | " | 05/25/1791 | 186 | |||
| 05/25/1791 | Tales Castle | 1 | " | 05/28/1791 | 186 | ||
| 05/28/1791 | " | 2 | " | 06/02/1791 | 186 | ||
| 06/02/1791 | " | 3 | " | 06/07/1791 | 186 | ||
| 06/07/1791 | Children's Friend | 1 | " | 06/11/1791 | 186 | ||
| 06/11/1791 | " | 3 | " | 06/15/1791 | 186 | ||
| 06/15/1791 | ------------ | 186 | |||||
| 06/15/1791 | Anna | 1 | 12mo. | 06/16/1791 | 186 | ||
| 06/16/1791 | Marmon Tales | 1 | " | 06/20/1791 | 186 | ||
| 06/20/1791 | R. Random | 1 | " | 06/24/1791 | 186 | ||
| 06/24/1791 | Harmer's Song Solomon | 8vo. | 06/25/1791 | 186 | |||
| 06/25/1791 | North West Passage | 1 | " | 06/27/1791 | 186 | ||
| 06/27/1791 | " | 2 | " | 07/05/1791 | 186 | ||
| 07/05/1791 | Bougainville | " | 07/09/1791 | 186 | |||
| 07/09/1791 | Boyle's Voyages | 12mo. | 07/18/1791 | 186 | |||
| 07/18/1791 | Boswell's Journal | 8vo. | 07/20/1791 | 186 | |||
| 07/20/1791 | Description of China | 1 | " | 07/21/1791 | 186 | ||
| 07/21/1791 | Franklin of Electricity | 4to. | 07/30/1791 | 186 | |||
| 07/30/1791 | Baron de Tots | 1 | 12mo. | 08/02/1791 | 186 | ||
| 08/02/1791 | Voltaire Hist. | 1 | 8vo. | 08/06/1791 | 186 | ||
| 08/06/1791 | " Charles | " | 08/12/1791 | 186 | |||
| 08/12/1791 | Oct. 1126 | 1 | " | 08/19/1791 | 186 | ||
| 08/19/1791 | Dean Colerain | 1 | 12mo. | 08/30/1791 | 186 | ||
| 08/30/1791 | " | 2 | " | 09/06/1791 | 186 | ||
| 09/06/1791 | " | 3 | " | 09/20/1791 | 186 | ||
| 09/20/1791 | Portluck and Dixon | 4to. | 09/27/1791 | 186 | |||
| 09/27/1791 | Platonic Marriage | 1 | 12mo. | 09/28/1791 | 186 | ||
| 09/28/1791 | Lavater | 2 | 8vo. | 09/29/1791 | 186 | ||
| 09/29/1791 | E. Montague | 1 | 12mo. | 09/29/1791 | 186 | ||
| 09/30/1791 | Myrtle | " | 09/30/1791 | 186 | |||
| 09/30/1791 | Louisa | 1 | " | 10/10/1791 | 186 | ||
| 10/10/1791 | " con | 1 | " | 10/21/1791 | 186 | ||
| 10/21/1791 | Persian Tales | " | 10/22/1791 | 186 | |||
| 10/22/1791 | Baddely's Memoirs | 1 | " | 10/25/1791 | 186 | ||
| 10/25/1791 | Prince Eugene | " | 11/01/1791 | 186 | |||
| 11/01/1791 | Hume England | 2 | 8vo. | 11/05/1791 | 186 | ||
| 11/05/1791 | Emilia Montague | 3 | 12mo. | 11/09/1791 | 186 | ||
| 11/09/1791 | Diversity Fortune | 1 | " | 11/10/1791 | 186 | ||
| 11/10/1791 | " | 2 | " | 11/12/1791 | 186 | ||
| 11/12/1791 | Error Nature | 1 | " | 11/17/1791 | 186 | ||
| 11/17/1791 | Myrtle | " | 11/19/1791 | 186 | |||
| 11/19/1791 | Phebe | 1 | " | 11/21/1791 | 186 | ||
| 11/21/1791 | Ethelwolf | 2 | " | 11/26/1791 | 186 | ||
| 11/23/1791 | Julia | " | 11/29/1791 | 186 | |||
| 11/29/1791 | Phebe | 2 | " | 11/29/1791 | 186 | ||
| 11/29/1791 | Reverie | 1 | " | 11/30/1791 | 186 | ||
| 11/30/1791 | Interest. Memoirs | 1 | " | 12/02/1791 | 186 | ||
| 12/02/1791 | Mowbray Castle | " | 12/02/1791 | 186 | |||
| 12/03/1791 | Louisa | 1 | " | 12/07/1791 | 186 | ||
| 12/07/1791 | Combe Wood | 12/12/1791 | 186 | ||||
| 12/12/1791 | Louisa | 2 | 12mo. | 12/14/1791 | 186 | ||
| 12/14/1791 | H. House | " | 12/16/1791 | 186 | |||
| 12/16/1791 | Simple Story | 1 | " | 12/17/1791 | 186 | ||
| 12/17/1791 | " | 2 | " | 12/19/1791 | 186 | ||
| 12/19/1791 | Fred'k | 8vo. | 12/22/1791 | 186 | |||
| 12/22/1791 | Simple Story | 3 | 12mo. | 12/23/1791 | 186 | ||
| 12/23/1791 | " | 4 | " | 12/24/1791 | 186 | ||
| 12/24/1791 | Denial | 1 | " | 12/27/1791 | 186 | ||
| 12/27/1791 | Curse Sentiment | " | 12/31/1791 | 186 | |||
| 12/31/1791 | Lady Woodford | " | 01/04/1792 | 186 | |||
| 01/04/1792 | Denial | 2 | " | 01/11/1792 | 186 | ||
| 01/11/1792 | Poetical Mag. | 3 | 8vo. | 01/19/1792 | 186 | ||
| 01/19/1792 | H. Classicks | 6 | 01/25/1792 | 186 | |||
| 01/25/1792 | " | 3 | 01/26/1792 | 186 | |||
| 01/26/1792 | Emma Corbett | 12mo. | 01/27/1792 | 186 | |||
| 01/27/1792 | Johnson An. | " | 01/30/1792 | 186 | |||
| 01/30/1792 | Euphemia | 1 | " | 01/31/1792 | 186 | ||
| 01/31/1792 | Sutton Abbey | 1 | " | 02/03/1792 | 186 | ||
| 02/03/1792 | H. Classicks | 2 | 02/16/1792 | 186 | |||
| 02/16/1792 | Theatre | 6 | 12mo. | 02/17/1792 | 186 | ||
| 02/17/1792 | Farces | 1 | " | 02/20/1792 | 186 | ||
| 02/20/1792 | " | 3 | " | 02/24/1792 | 186 | ||
| 02/24/1792 | Harrison Class. | 5 | 8vo. | 02/27/1792 | 186 | ||
| 02/27/1792 | Harrison | 4 | 02/29/1792 | 315 | |||
| 02/28/1792 | Farces | 4 | 03/07/1792 | 315 | |||
| 03/07/1792 | New Bath Guide | 03/10/1792 | 315 | ||||
| 03/10/1792 | Emma | 1 | 03/12/1792 | 315 | |||
| 03/12/1792 | " | 2 | 03/14/1792 | 315 | |||
| 03/14/1792 | H. Som | 4 | 03/17/1792 | 315 | |||
| 03/17/1792 | Love Cottage | 1 | 03/21/1792 | 315 | |||
| 03/21/1792 | Newtonian Philosophy | 03/24/1792 | 315 | ||||
| 03/24/1792 | Plurality Worlds | 03/27/1792 | 315 | ||||
| 03/27/1792 | Lon Mag 35 | 03/31/1792 | 315 | ||||
| 03/31/1792 | Clarke Evil | 04/17/1792 | 315 | ||||
| 04/12/1792 | Dean on Brutus | 04/25/1792 | 315 | ||||
| 04/25/1792 | Human prudence | 05/03/1792 | 315 |
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