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William Walton
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William Walton (1731-1796) was a merchant from a wealthy family of ship builders and traders with South America. He was the son of Jacob Walton, whose brother William was among the original trustees of the New York Society Library. After his uncle's death, the younger William went into business with his brother, forming William and Jacob Walton & Co., which owned several tracts of land. He married Mary Walton, the daughter of Lieutenant-Governor De Lancey, in 1757 and had three children. He was one of the original founders of the Marine Society of New York and the Chamber of Commerce of New York, serving as its treasurer from 1771 to 1772, as vice-president from 1772 to 1774 and from 1783 to 1784, and as president from 1774 to 1783.
Local Note
William Walton was a trustee of the New York Society Library from 1754 to 1757.
Mentioned
- Keep, Austin Baxter. History of the New York Society Library, pp. 143-44, 146, 161
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/21/1789 | Arpasia | 1 | 12mo. | 08/24/1789 | Self | 010 | |
| 08/24/1789 | Arpasia | 2 | 12mo. | 08/26/1789 | boy | 010 | |
| 08/31/1789 | Richard's Tour | 12mo. | 09/04/1789 | Self | 012 | ||
| 09/04/1789 | Anna | 1 | 12mo. | 09/07/1789 | Self | 014 | |
| 09/07/1789 | Anna | 2 | 12mo. | 09/09/1789 | boy | 014 | |
| 09/09/1789 | Louisa | 12mo. | 09/16/1789 | boy | 015 | ||
| 10/07/1789 | Betsy Thoughtless | 1 | 12mo. | 10/09/1789 | 022 | ||
| 10/09/1789 | Betsy Thoughtless | 2 | 12mo. | 10/12/1789 | 025 | ||
| 10/14/1789 | Betsy Thoughtless | 4 | 12mo. | 026 | |||
| 10/19/1789 | Savary's Letters | 1 | 8vo. | 10/26/1789 | 027 | ||
| 10/28/1789 | Brydone's Tour | 8vo. | 11/05/1789 | 030 | |||
| 11/06/1789 | Ela | 12mo. | 11/09/1789 | 032 | |||
| 11/09/1789 | Effusions of Fancy | 1 | 12mo. | 11/11/1789 | 033 | ||
| 11/11/1789 | Effusions of Fancy | 2 | 12mo. | 11/13/1789 | 033 | ||
| 11/13/1789 | Baron Tott | 1 | 12mo. | 11/18/1789 | 034 | ||
| 11/18/1789 | Baron De Tott | 2 | 12mo. | 11/20/1789 | 265 | ||
| 11/18/1789 | Baron Tott | 2 | 12mo. | 11/20/1789 | 036 | ||
| 11/20/1789 | " | 3 | " | 11/27/1789 | 265 | ||
| 11/20/1789 | Baron de Tott | 3 | 12mo. | 11/27/1789 | 036 | ||
| 11/27/1789 | Fair Syrian | 2 | " | 11/27/1789 | 265 | ||
| 12/02/1789 | Tour Thro' France | " | 12/09/1789 | 265 | |||
| 12/09/1789 | Savary's Greece | 8vo. | 12/18/1789 | 265 | |||
| 12/18/1789 | Wilson's Pelew Islands | " | 12/30/1789 | 265 | |||
| 12/30/1789 | Savary's Letters | 2 | " | 01/13/1790 | 265 | ||
| 01/13/1790 | Old Maids | 1 | 12mo. | 01/18/1790 | 265 | ||
| 01/18/1790 | " | 2 | " | 01/20/1790 | 265 | ||
| 01/20/1790 | " | 3 | " | 01/22/1790 | 265 | ||
| 01/22/1790 | Arundel | 1 | " | 01/25/1790 | 265 | ||
| 01/25/1790 | " | 2 | " | 01/29/1790 | 265 | ||
| 01/29/1790 | Edw'd Mortimer | " | 02/05/1790 | 265 | |||
| 02/05/1790 | Emilia | " | 02/10/1790 | 265 | |||
| 02/10/1790 | Emmeline | 1 | " | 02/12/1790 | 265 | ||
| 02/12/1790 | " | 2 | " | 02/15/1790 | 265 | ||
| 02/19/1790 | Fair Syrian | 1 | " | 02/24/1790 | 265 | ||
| 03/03/1790 | Matilda | 1 | 8vo. | 03/05/1790 | 265 | ||
| 03/05/1790 | " | 2 | " | 03/09/1790 | 265 | ||
| 03/09/1790 | " | 3 | " | 03/10/1790 | 265 | ||
| 03/10/1790 | Fair Syrian | 2 | 12mo. | 03/15/1790 | 265 | ||
| 03/15/1790 | Irish Guardian | 1 | " | 03/19/1790 | 265 | ||
| 03/19/1790 | " | 2 | " | 03/29/1790 | 265 | ||
| 03/29/1790 | Loveil Adventures | 1 | " | 03/31/1790 | 265 | ||
| 03/31/1790 | " | 2 | " | 04/07/1790 | 265 | ||
| 04/07/1790 | Hawkesworth | 1 | 8vo. | 04/12/1790 | 265 | ||
| 04/12/1790 | Cooke | 2 | " | 04/14/1790 | 265 | ||
| 04/14/1790 | Hawkesworth | 2 | " | 05/03/1790 | 265 | ||
| 05/03/1790 | Cooke | 1 | " | 05/09/1790 | 265 | ||
| 05/09/1790 | " | 2 | " | 05/14/1790 | 265 | ||
| 05/17/1790 | Dean Colerain | 1 | 12mo. | 05/19/1790 | 265 | ||
| 05/19/1790 | " | 2 | " | 05/21/1790 | 265 | ||
| 06/05/1790 | Dart's Westminster | Folio. | 06/09/1790 | 265 | |||
| 06/09/1790 | Dean Colerain | 12mo. | 06/10/1790 | 265 | |||
| 06/10/1790 | Wom. Fashion | 1 | " | 06/11/1790 | 265 | ||
| 06/11/1790 | " | 2 | " | 06/14/1790 | 265 | ||
| 06/14/1790 | Mod. Times | ? | " | 06/19/1790 | 265 | ||
| 06/19/1790 | Independent | " | 06/21/1790 | 265 | |||
| 06/21/1790 | Platonic Guardian | " | 06/29/1790 | 265 | |||
| 06/29/1790 | Loriada | 07/06/1790 | 265 | ||||
| 07/06/1790 | Romance Real Life | 1 | 12mo. | 07/09/1790 | 265 | ||
| 07/09/1790 | " | 2 | " | 07/12/1790 | 265 | ||
| 07/12/1790 | Marriage Act | 1 | " | 07/13/1790 | 265 | ||
| 07/14/1790 | " | 2 | " | 07/20/1790 | 265 | ||
| 07/20/1790 | Bac. Salamanca | 1 | " | 07/23/1790 | 265 | ||
| 07/23/1790 | " | 2 | " | 07/26/1790 | 265 | ||
| 07/26/1790 | Parental Solicitude | 1 | " | 08/04/1790 | 265 | ||
| 08/04/1790 | Vicar Bray | " | 08/10/1790 | 265 | |||
| 08/10/1790 | Lady Woodford | " | 08/14/1790 | 265 | |||
| 08/14/1790 | Lydia | 1&2 | " | 08/19/1790 | 265 | ||
| 08/19/1790 | " | 4&3 | " | 08/25/1790 | 265 | ||
| 08/25/1790 | Effusions Fancy | 1 | " | 08/25/1790 | 265 | ||
| 08/25/1790 | Love Letters | " | 08/26/1790 | 265 | |||
| 08/30/1790 | Smollett's Travels | 2 | " | 09/01/1790 | 265 | ||
| 09/01/1790 | Paysanne Parvenue | 1 | " | 09/06/1790 | 265 | ||
| 09/06/1790 | " | 2 | " | 09/09/1790 | 265 | ||
| 09/09/1790 | " | 3 | " | 09/11/1790 | 265 | ||
| 09/11/1790 | " | 4 | " | 09/14/1790 | 265 | ||
| 09/14/1790 | L'Isle Inconnue | 1 | " | 09/17/1790 | 265 | ||
| 09/17/1790 | " | 2 | " | 09/23/1790 | 265 | ||
| 09/23/1790 | " | 3 | " | 09/29/1790 | 265 | ||
| 09/29/1790 | " | 4 | " | 10/11/1790 | 265 | ||
| 10/11/1790 | Mosheim's Ec. Hist. | 1 | 8vo. | 10/20/1790 | 265 | ||
| 10/20/1790 | " | 2 | " | 10/27/1790 | 265 | ||
| 10/27/1790 | " | 3 | " | 11/09/1790 | 265 | ||
| 12/14/1790 | Anna | 1 | 12mo. | 12/15/1790 | 265 | ||
| 12/15/1790 | " | 2 | " | 12/24/1790 | 265 | ||
| 12/24/1790 | Female Spec. | 1 | " | 12/29/1790 | 265 | ||
| 12/29/1790 | Female Stability | 1 | " | 12/31/1790 | 265 | ||
| 12/31/1790 | " | 2 | " | 01/04/1791 | 265 | ||
| 01/04/1791 | " | 3 | " | 01/06/1791 | 265 | ||
| 01/06/1791 | " | 4 | " | 01/10/1791 | 265 | ||
| 01/10/1791 | Arundel | 1 | " | 01/11/1791 | 265 | ||
| 01/11/1791 | " | 2 | " | 01/12/1791 | 265 | ||
| 01/12/1791 | Inventory | 2 | " | 01/14/1791 | 265 | ||
| 01/14/1791 | Wraxals Tour | 01/17/1791 | 265 | ||||
| 01/17/1791 | Julia de Roubigne | 1 | 12mo. | 01/18/1791 | 265 | ||
| 01/18/1791 | " | 2 | " | 01/19/1791 | 265 | ||
| 01/19/1791 | Emmeline | 1 | " | 01/20/1791 | 265 | ||
| 01/20/1791 | Arpasia | 2 | " | 01/21/1791 | 265 | ||
| 01/21/1791 | Greville | 1 | " | 01/23/1791 | 265 | ||
| 01/23/1791 | " | 2 | " | 01/26/1791 | 265 | ||
| 01/26/1791 | Zoriada | 01/29/1791 | 265 | ||||
| 01/29/1791 | The World | 1 | 02/02/1791 | 265 | |||
| 02/02/1791 | The World | 2 | 02/14/1791 | 265 | |||
| 02/14/1791 | The World | 4 | 02/17/1791 | 265 | |||
| 02/17/1791 | Fielding | 1 | 12mo. | 02/21/1791 | 265 | ||
| 02/21/1791 | " | 5 | " | 02/24/1791 | 265 | ||
| 02/24/1791 | " | 6 | " | 03/03/1791 | 265 | ||
| 03/03/1791 | " | 7 | " | 03/07/1791 | 265 | ||
| 03/07/1791 | " | 8 | " | 03/09/1791 | 265 | ||
| 03/11/1791 | " | 9 | " | 03/14/1791 | 265 | ||
| 03/14/1791 | Fair Syrian | 1 | " | 03/16/1791 | 265 | ||
| 03/16/1791 | " | 2 | " | 03/19/1791 | 265 | ||
| 03/19/1791 | Burton Wood | ? | " | 03/21/1791 | 265 | ||
| 03/21/1791 | Burke on the Sublime | 8vo. | 03/23/1791 | 265 | |||
| 03/23/1791 | Hartley House | 12mo. | 03/28/1791 | 265 | |||
| 03/29/1791 | Negro | 1 | " | 03/29/1791 | 265 | ||
| 03/29/1791 | " | 2 | " | 03/31/1791 | 265 | ||
| 04/01/1791 | C.H. Mandeville | " | 04/04/1791 | 265 | |||
| 04/04/1791 | Ferguson's Civil Society | 8vo. | 04/06/1791 | 265 | |||
| 04/07/1791 | Dangerous Connections | 1 | 12mo. | 04/09/1791 | 265 | ||
| 04/09/1791 | " | 2 | " | 04/11/1791 | 265 | ||
| 04/11/1791 | Negro | 3 | " | 04/13/1791 | 265 | ||
| 04/13/1791 | Matilda | 1 | 8vo. | 04/15/1791 | 265 | ||
| 04/14/1791 | Vaillant's Travels | " | 04/26/1791 | 265 | |||
| 04/26/1791 | Gamesters | 1 | 12mo. | 05/04/1791 | 265 | ||
| 05/04/1791 | " | 2 | " | 05/06/1791 | 265 | ||
| 05/06/1791 | Shipwreck | 05/10/1791 | 265 | ||||
| 05/10/1791 | Fair Adultress | 05/13/1791 | 265 | ||||
| 05/13/1791 | Jn. India | 1 | 05/16/1791 | 265 | |||
| 05/16/1791 | " | 2 | 05/19/1791 | 265 | |||
| 05/19/1791 | Ellison | 1 | 05/23/1791 | 265 | |||
| 05/23/1791 | " | 2 | 05/24/1791 | 265 | |||
| 05/25/1791 | Dinarbas | 1 | 12mo. | 05/29/1791 | 265 | ||
| 05/29/1791 | Louisa | 1 | " | 05/31/1791 | 265 | ||
| 06/02/1791 | " | 2 | " | 06/03/1791 | 265 | ||
| 06/04/1791 | G. Maitland | 1 | " | 06/09/1791 | 265 | ||
| 06/09/1791 | " | 2 | " | 06/09/1791 | 265 | ||
| 06/09/1791 | " | 3 | " | 06/13/1791 | 265 | ||
| 06/13/1791 | Johnson's Anecdotes | " | 06/23/1791 | 265 | |||
| 06/23/1791 | H. Somerville | 1 | " | 06/24/1791 | 265 | ||
| 06/25/1791 | " | 2 | " | 06/27/1791 | 265 | ||
| 06/27/1791 | Bruce | 1 | 4to. | 07/05/1791 | 265 | ||
| 07/05/1791 | Detouche | 07/09/1791 | 265 | ||||
| 07/09/1791 | " | 10 | 07/13/1791 | 265 | |||
| 07/13/1791 | F. Cornelli | 1 | 07/22/1791 | 265 | |||
| 07/15/1791 | Lavater | 8vo. | 07/19/1791 | 265 | |||
| 07/22/1791 | H. Som. | 12mo. | 07/23/1791 | 265 | |||
| 07/23/1791 | P. Sympathy | " | 07/25/1791 | 265 | |||
| 07/25/1791 | F. Hybernian | " | 07/27/1791 | 265 | |||
| 07/29/1791 | Unfashionable world | " | 07/31/1791 | 265 | |||
| 08/01/1791 | Emma Melcombe | " | 08/03/1791 | 265 | |||
| 08/03/1791 | Usong | " | 08/06/1791 | 265 | |||
| 08/06/1791 | Davies' Plays | 8vo. | 08/10/1791 | 265 | |||
| 08/12/1791 | 1565 | 8vo. | 08/22/1791 | 265 | |||
| 08/23/1791 | Simple Story | 1 | 12mo. | 08/24/1791 | 265 | ||
| 08/24/1791 | " | 2 | " | 08/25/1791 | 265 | ||
| 08/25/1791 | Paul & Mary | " | 08/25/1791 | 265 | |||
| 08/25/1791 | Piozzi's Journey | 4to. | 09/13/1791 | 265 | |||
| 09/13/1791 | Henry & Frances | 1 | 12mo. | 09/26/1791 | 265 | ||
| 09/26/1791 | " | 2 | " | 10/07/1791 | 265 | ||
| 10/07/1791 | " | 3 | " | 10/14/1791 | 265 | ||
| 11/02/1791 | Bruce | 3 | 4to. | 11/19/1791 | 265 | ||
| 11/19/1791 | " | 5 | " | 12/06/1791 | 265 | ||
| 12/07/1791 | Triumvirate | 2 | 12mo. | 12/12/1791 | 265 | ||
| 12/12/1791 | Fred'k | 2 | " | 12/13/1791 | 265 | ||
| 12/13/1791 | Baron Trenck | 12/14/1791 | 265 | ||||
| 12/14/1791 | Curs. Sentiment | 12/14/1791 | 265 | ||||
| 12/14/1791 | Ethelinda | 12mo. | 12/19/1791 | 265 | |||
| 12/19/1791 | Curs. Sentiment | 12/23/1791 | 265 | ||||
| 12/23/1791 | Fielding | 10 | 12mo. | 12/27/1791 | 265 | ||
| 12/27/1791 | " | 11 | " | 12/29/1791 | 265 | ||
| 12/29/1791 | Ed & Anna | 2 | " | 12/30/1791 | 265 | ||
| 12/30/1791 | " | 3 | " | 01/06/1792 | 265 | ||
| 01/06/1792 | John of Gaunt | 2 | " | 01/10/1792 | 265 | ||
| 01/10/1792 | Independent | " | 01/12/1792 | 265 | |||
| 01/12/1792 | Golden Vale | " | 01/14/1792 | 265 | |||
| 01/14/1792 | Denial | 2 | " | 01/18/1792 | 265 | ||
| 01/18/1792 | Man of Honor | 2 | " | 01/19/1792 | 265 | ||
| 01/19/1792 | " | 3 | " | 01/20/1792 | 265 | ||
| 01/20/1792 | Sutton Abbey | " | 01/25/1792 | 265 | |||
| 01/25/1792 | Virtuous Villagers | 1 | " | 01/26/1792 | 265 | ||
| 01/26/1792 | Louisa | 1 | " | 01/28/1792 | 265 | ||
| 01/28/1792 | Platonic Marriage | 2 | " | 01/30/1792 | 265 | ||
| 01/30/1792 | Diversities of Fortune | 2 | " | 02/01/1792 | 265 | ||
| 02/01/1792 | Italian Nun | " | 02/08/1792 | 265 | |||
| 02/01/1792 | Emma Melcombe | " | 02/07/1792 | 265 | |||
| 02/07/1792 | Dinarbas | " | 02/09/1792 | 265 | |||
| 02/09/1792 | George Bateman | 1 | " | 02/14/1792 | 265 | ||
| 02/11/1792 | " | 2 | " | 02/13/1792 | 265 | ||
| 02/13/1792 | Jennings | ? | 8vo. | 02/20/1792 | 265 | ||
| 02/20/1792 | Emma | 1 | 12mo. | 02/24/1792 | 265 | ||
| 02/24/1792 | Euphemia | " | 02/24/1792 | 265 | |||
| 02/24/1792 | Soly. Almena | " | 02/27/1792 | 265 | |||
| 02/27/1792 | Julia de Gramont | 1 | " | 02/27/1792 | 265 | ||
| 02/27/1792 | Euphemia | " | 03/04/1792 | 265 | |||
| 03/03/1792 | Wit's Mag. | 8vo. | 03/19/1792 | 265 | |||
| 03/19/1792 | Irvin's Adventures | " | 03/24/1792 | 265 | |||
| 03/24/1792 | Bouganville's Voyage | " | 04/10/1792 | 265 | |||
| 04/10/1792 | Wilson's Pelew Islands | " | 04/16/1792 | 265 | |||
| 04/16/1792 | Pindar | " | 04/26/1792 | 265 | |||
| 04/26/1792 | Boyle Voyage | 12mo. | 05/11/1792 | 265 |
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