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Israel Wilkes
Biography
Israel Wilkes (1772-1805) was the son of a well-known distiller and city magnate who came into the possession of Hoxton Square through his wife's family. The younger Wilkes became a partner in the business house of De Ponthieu and Wilkes and came to New York after the Revolutionary War. He eventually married De Ponthieu's daughter, Elizabeth.
Local Note
Israel Wilkes was a trustee of the New York Society Library from 1792 to 1793.
Mentioned
- Keep, Austin Baxter. History of the New York Society Library, pp. 223, 233
- 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 | Essay on Pope | 2 | 8vo. | 07/31/1789 | Self | 005 | |
| 07/31/1789 | Hurd's Dialogues | 1 | 12mo. | 08/03/1789 | 006 | ||
| 08/03/1789 | Hurd's Dialogues | 2 | 12mo. | 08/05/1789 | Self | 006 | |
| 08/05/1789 | Hurd's Dialogues | 3 | 12mo. | 08/07/1789 | Self | 007 | |
| 08/07/1789 | Chinese Pieces | 12mo. | 08/10/1789 | Self | 007 | ||
| 08/10/1789 | Chinese Pieces | 2 | 08/12/1789 | Self | 008 | ||
| 08/14/1789 | Oev. De Rousseau | 30 | 12mo. | 08/17/1789 | Self | 008 | |
| 08/17/1789 | Oev. Rousseau | 38 | 12mo. | 08/19/1789 | Self | 009 | |
| 08/19/1789 | Oev. Rousseau | 12mo. | 08/21/1789 | 009 | |||
| 08/21/1789 | Oe. Rousseau | 20 | 12mo. | 08/24/1789 | Self | 010 | |
| 08/24/1789 | Callamy's Noncon. Memorial | 1 | 8vo. | 08/28/1789 | Self | 010 | |
| 08/31/1789 | Potter's Eschylus | 4to. | 09/18/1789 | Self | 012 | ||
| 09/16/1789 | Hay's Martial | 8vo. | 09/18/1789 | 017 | |||
| 09/23/1789 | Wilson's Pelew Islands | 8vo. | 09/25/1789 | 019 | |||
| 09/28/1789 | Goldsmith's A. Nature | 3 | 12mo. | 09/30/1789 | 020 | ||
| 09/30/1789 | Goldsmith's A. Nature | 4 | 12mo. | 10/05/1789 | 020 | ||
| 10/05/1789 | Goldsmith's An. Nature | 5 | 8vo. | 10/09/1789 | 021 | ||
| 10/09/1789 | Goldsmith's A.N. | 6 | 12mo. | 10/12/1789 | 025 | ||
| 10/19/1789 | Macpherson's Hist | 3 | 8vo. | 10/23/1789 | 027 | ||
| 10/23/1789 | Mcpherson's Hist. | 1 | 8vo. | 10/28/1789 | 028 | ||
| 10/28/1789 | Macpherson's Hist. | 2 | 8vo. | 10/30/1789 | 030 | ||
| 10/30/1789 | McPhersons Hist. | 4 | 8vo. | 11/02/1789 | 031 | ||
| 11/02/1789 | Warburton on Grace | 12mo. | 11/04/1789 | 031 | |||
| 11/09/1789 | Hooke's R. Hist | 5 | 8vo. | 11/11/1789 | 032 | ||
| 11/11/1789 | Hooke's Rom Hist | 6 | 8vo. | 11/18/1789 | 033 | ||
| 11/16/1789 | Hooke's Rom. Hist. | 7 | 8vo. | 11/20/1789 | 035 | ||
| 11/20/1789 | Hooke's Roman History | 8 | 8vo. | 11/25/1789 | 260 | ||
| 11/20/1789 | Hooke's Roman History | 8 | 8vo. | 11/25/1789 | 036 | ||
| 11/25/1789 | " | 9 | " | 11/27/1789 | 260 | ||
| 11/27/1789 | " | 10 | " | 11/30/1789 | 260 | ||
| 11/30/1789 | " | 11 | " | 12/02/1789 | 260 | ||
| 12/02/1789 | Campbell on Miracles | " | 12/04/1789 | 260 | |||
| 12/04/1789 | Debates on exclusion bill | 12vo | 12/07/1789 | 260 | |||
| 12/07/1789 | Alexander's History of Women | 1 | 8vo. | 12/14/1789 | 260 | ||
| 12/14/1789 | " | 2 | " | 12/18/1789 | 260 | ||
| 12/18/1789 | Pennant's Chester | " | 12/23/1789 | 260 | |||
| 12/23/1789 | Pennant's Tour (Scotland) | 1 | " | 12/28/1789 | 260 | ||
| 12/28/1789 | " | 2 | " | 01/08/1790 | 260 | ||
| 01/08/1790 | Knox Tour | " | 01/15/1790 | 260 | |||
| 01/15/1790 | Helvetius' on Man | 1 | " | 01/18/1790 | 260 | ||
| 01/18/1790 | " | 2 | " | 01/22/1790 | 260 | ||
| 01/22/1790 | Arpasia | 1 | 12vo | 01/25/1790 | 260 | ||
| 01/25/1790 | " | 2 | " | 01/27/1790 | 260 | ||
| 01/27/1790 | Arundle | 1 | " | 01/29/1790 | 260 | ||
| 01/29/1790 | " | 2 | " | 02/01/1790 | 260 | ||
| 02/01/1790 | Baron Tott | 1 | " | 02/03/1790 | 260 | ||
| 02/03/1790 | Romance Real life | 1 | " | 02/05/1790 | 260 | ||
| 02/05/1790 | " | 2 | " | 02/08/1790 | 260 | ||
| 02/08/1790 | Piozzi's Journey | 8vo. | 02/24/1790 | 260 | |||
| 02/24/1790 | Wraxalls tour | 12vo | 02/28/1790 | 260 | |||
| 03/01/1790 | Old Whigs | 1 | " | 03/05/1790 | 260 | ||
| 03/05/1790 | " | 2 | " | 03/09/1790 | 260 | ||
| 03/09/1790 | " | 3 | " | 03/10/1790 | 260 | ||
| 03/10/1790 | Paris in miniature | " | 03/12/1790 | 260 | |||
| 03/12/1790 | Appian's history | Folio. | 03/29/1790 | 260 | |||
| 03/19/1790 | Baron Tott | 2 | 12vo | 03/29/1790 | 260 | ||
| 03/29/1790 | Toray's memoirs | 1 | 8vo. | 03/31/1790 | 260 | ||
| 03/31/1790 | Emmeline | 1 | 12vo | 04/07/1790 | 260 | ||
| 03/31/1790 | Toray's memoirs | 2 | 8vo. | 04/07/1790 | 260 | ||
| 04/07/1790 | Baron Tott | 3 | 12vo | 04/12/1790 | 260 | ||
| 04/07/1790 | Jefferson's Notes | 8vo. | 04/12/1790 | 260 | |||
| 04/12/1790 | Savary's Letters | 1 | " | 04/19/1790 | 260 | ||
| 04/12/1790 | Observer | [?] | " | 04/19/1790 | 260 | ||
| 04/19/1790 | Voltaire's Lewis 15 | 1&2 | 12vo | 04/26/1790 | 260 | ||
| 04/26/1790 | Bugg against Quakers | 4vo. | 04/30/1790 | 260 | |||
| 04/26/1790 | Dillon's travels | " | 05/03/1790 | 260 | |||
| 04/30/1790 | Thickness' Journey | 1 | 8vo. | 05/03/1790 | 260 | ||
| 05/03/1790 | " | 2 | " | 05/05/1790 | 260 | ||
| 05/03/1790 | Brown's Travels | Folio. | 05/17/1790 | 260 | |||
| 05/05/1790 | Priestly on Blackstone | 8vo. | 05/10/1790 | 260 | |||
| 05/10/1790 | Collier's view of the stage | " | 05/11/1790 | 260 | |||
| 05/11/1790 | Voltaire | 39 | " | 05/14/1790 | 260 | ||
| 05/14/1790 | " | 40 | " | 05/17/1790 | 260 | ||
| 05/17/1790 | Appollonius | 12vo | 05/18/1790 | 260 | |||
| 05/26/1790 | Moravian Tract | 1 | 8vo. | 05/27/1790 | 260 | ||
| 05/27/1790 | " | 2 | " | 05/29/1790 | 260 | ||
| 05/29/1790 | Garrick's Plays | " | 06/01/1790 | 260 | |||
| 06/01/1790 | Sydney on Government | Folio. | 06/09/1790 | 260 | |||
| 06/09/1790 | Smith's Longinus | 8vo. | 06/11/1790 | 260 | |||
| 06/09/1790 | Clarke's Spain | 06/11/1790 | 260 | ||||
| 06/11/1790 | Kaim's Elements Criticism | 1 | 8vo. | 06/16/1790 | 260 | ||
| 06/12/1790 | Cotton Works | 2 | 12vo | 06/22/1790 | 260 | ||
| 06/19/1790 | Sydney's State Trials | 1 | Folio. | 06/24/1790 | 260 | ||
| 06/24/1790 | " | 2 | 06/30/1790 | 260 | |||
| 06/30/1790 | Patsall's Quintilian | 1&2 | 8vo. | 07/03/1790 | 260 | ||
| 07/03/1790 | Ascham's works | 4vo. | 07/09/1790 | 260 | |||
| 07/03/1790 | Budgell to Cleomenes | 8vo. | 07/06/1790 | 260 | |||
| 07/06/1790 | Griffith's Shakespeare | 1 | " | 07/12/1790 | 260 | ||
| 07/09/1790 | " | 2 | " | 07/13/1790 | 260 | ||
| 07/12/1790 | Smith's Enquiry | 1 | " | 07/16/1790 | 260 | ||
| 07/13/1790 | " | 2 | " | 07/16/1790 | 260 | ||
| 07/16/1790 | Toland's life and works | " | 07/19/1790 | 260 | |||
| 07/19/1790 | Brown's in. Errors | 4vo. | 07/21/1790 | 260 | |||
| 07/19/1790 | Chrysal | 1 | 12vo | 07/21/1790 | 260 | ||
| 07/21/1790 | " | 2 | " | 07/26/1790 | 260 | ||
| 07/21/1790 | " | 3 | " | 07/26/1790 | 260 | ||
| 07/26/1790 | " | 4 | " | 07/29/1790 | 260 | ||
| 07/26/1790 | Paysanne Parvenue | 1 | " | 07/29/1790 | 260 | ||
| 07/29/1790 | Juliet Granville | 1 | " | 08/02/1790 | 260 | ||
| 07/30/1790 | Bio Gallica | 2 | 8vo. | 08/02/1790 | 260 | ||
| 08/02/1790 | " | 4 | " | 08/04/1790 | 260 | ||
| 08/02/1790 | Juliet Granville | 2 | 12vo | 08/07/1790 | 260 | ||
| 08/07/1790 | Juliet Granville | 3 | 12vo | 08/17/1790 | 260 | ||
| 08/11/1790 | Coxe's travels | 1 | 8vo. | 08/13/1790 | 260 | ||
| 08/13/1790 | Coxe's travels | 2 | 8vo. | 08/21/1790 | 260 | ||
| 08/21/1790 | Coxe's travels | 3 | " | 08/23/1790 | 260 | ||
| 08/21/1790 | Emmeline | 2 | 12vo | 08/26/1790 | 260 | ||
| 08/26/1790 | Edward Mortimer | " | 09/03/1790 | 260 | |||
| 08/26/1790 | Louisa | " | 09/03/1790 | 260 | |||
| 09/07/1790 | Coxe's Switzerland | 1 | 8vo. | 09/20/1790 | 260 | ||
| 09/07/1790 | Rollin's Belles Lettres | 12vo | 09/10/1790 | 260 | |||
| 09/10/1790 | Newtonian Philosophy | 8vo. | 09/15/1790 | 260 | |||
| 09/15/1790 | Coxe's Switzerland | 2 | 8vo. | 09/27/1790 | 260 | ||
| 09/20/1790 | " | 3 | " | 09/23/1790 | 260 | ||
| 09/23/1790 | Blair's Lectures | 1 | " | 10/04/1790 | 260 | ||
| 10/04/1790 | " | 2 | " | 10/12/1790 | 260 | ||
| 10/12/1790 | " | 3 | " | 10/30/1790 | 260 | ||
| 10/12/1790 | Monke's Voltaire | " | 10/30/1790 | 260 | |||
| 11/09/1790 | Moliere | 2 | " | 11/19/1790 | 260 | ||
| 12/02/1790 | Mefriah | 12/03/1790 | 260 | ||||
| 12/03/1790 | Fair Syrian | 1 | 12vo | 12/06/1790 | 260 | ||
| 12/06/1790 | Women Fashion | 12/10/1790 | 260 | ||||
| 12/11/1790 | Volney's Travels | 8vo. | 12/24/1790 | 260 | |||
| 12/11/1790 | Interesting Memoirs | 1 | 12vo | 12/24/1790 | 6p | 260 | |
| 12/24/1790 | " | 2 | " | 01/11/1791 | 4s | 260 | |
| 12/24/1790 | Women fashion | 2 | " | 01/11/1791 | 4s | 260 | |
| 01/15/1791 | Riesbek's Travels | 8vo. | 01/23/1791 | 1s/2p | 260 | ||
| 01/16/1791 | Lelia | 1 | 06/21/1791 | 260 | |||
| 01/23/1791 | Fair Syrian | 2 | 12vo | 02/03/1791 | 260 | ||
| 02/10/1791 | Voltaire | 2&3 | 8vo. | 02/26/1791 | 4s | 260 | |
| 03/02/1791 | " | " | " | 03/17/1791 | 260 | ||
| 03/19/1791 | Louisa | 12vo | 03/19/1791 | 260 | |||
| 04/02/1791 | Voltaire | 35&37 | 8vo. | 04/14/1791 | Simon | 1p | 260 |
| 04/14/1791 | " | 4&5 | " | 04/30/1791 | 4s | 260 | |
| 05/04/1791 | Bruce's travels | 1 | " | 05/16/1791 | 2s | 260 | |
| 05/10/1791 | Rynard's Works | 4 | " | 05/29/1791 | 4s | 260 | |
| 05/29/1791 | Young Widow | 06/01/1791 | 260 | ||||
| 06/01/1791 | Night Cap | 1&2 | 01/16/1791 | 260 | |||
| 06/20/1791 | Gibbon | 1 | 8vo. | 07/09/1791 | 260 | ||
| 06/21/1791 | Lelia | 2 | 07/07/1791 | 260 | |||
| 07/07/1791 | Ency B. | 5 | 4vo. | 07/22/1791 | 260 | ||
| 07/09/1791 | Moore's France | 1 | 12vo | 07/13/1791 | 260 | ||
| 07/13/1791 | " | 2 | " | 07/18/1791 | 260 | ||
| 07/18/1791 | " (Italy) | 1 | " | 07/25/1791 | 260 | ||
| 07/22/1791 | Ency B. | 3 | 4vo. | 07/23/1791 | 260 | ||
| 07/23/1791 | " | 4 | " | 07/26/1791 | 260 | ||
| 07/25/1791 | Moore's Italy | 2 | 12vo | 07/29/1791 | 260 | ||
| 07/29/1791 | " | 3 | " | 08/03/1791 | 260 | ||
| 07/29/1791 | Ency B. | 5 | 4vo. | 08/19/1791 | 260 | ||
| 08/03/1791 | Don Quixote | 1 | 12vo | 08/10/1791 | 260 | ||
| 08/15/1791 | Anson's Voyage | 2 | 4vo. | 08/24/1791 | 260 | ||
| 08/26/1791 | Don Quixote | 2 | 12vo | 08/31/1791 | 260 | ||
| 08/31/1791 | Temple's Works | 1 | 8vo. | 09/18/1791 | 260 | ||
| 09/07/1791 | Franklin's Works | 09/10/1791 | 260 | ||||
| 09/16/1791 | Temple's Works | 8vo. | 09/04/1791 | 260 | |||
| 09/16/1791 | Dunember Juliunt | 1 | 09/21/1791 | 260 | |||
| 09/23/1791 | Temple's Works | 2 | 8vo. | 10/05/1791 | 260 | ||
| 10/05/1791 | " | 3 | " | 10/19/1791 | 260 | ||
| 10/19/1791 | " | 4 | " | 11/01/1791 | 260 | ||
| 11/01/1791 | Gibbon | 2 | " | 11/22/1791 | 260 | ||
| 11/05/1791 | Hartley House | 11/16/1791 | 260 | ||||
| 11/22/1791 | Gibbon | 3 | 8vo. | 11/24/1791 | 260 | ||
| 11/24/1791 | Chesterfield's Works | 1 | " | 12/05/1791 | 260 | ||
| 11/29/1791 | Reynold's Discovery | 12/05/1791 | 260 | ||||
| 12/05/1791 | Chesterfield's Works | 2 | 8vo. | 12/13/1791 | 260 | ||
| 12/06/1791 | Jenyn's | 2 | 12vo | 12/13/1791 | 260 | ||
| 12/14/1791 | Chesterfield's Works | 3 | 8vo. | 12/27/1791 | 260 | ||
| 12/27/1791 | " | 4 | " | 01/05/1792 | 260 | ||
| 01/05/1792 | Junius' Letters | 8vo. | 01/11/1792 | 260 | |||
| 01/10/1792 | Anacharis | 01/16/1792 | 260 | ||||
| 01/12/1792 | Person's Letters | 01/23/1792 | 260 | ||||
| 01/16/1792 | Anacharis's Travels | 6 | 01/30/1792 | 260 | |||
| 01/24/1792 | Chesterfield's Works | 4 | 8vo. | 01/27/1792 | 260 | ||
| 01/27/1792 | Anacharis's Travels | 4 | 01/28/1792 | 260 | |||
| 01/30/1792 | Anacharis's Travels | 7 | 02/02/1792 | 260 | |||
| 01/30/1792 | Dialogue's Dead | 8vo. | 02/04/1792 | 260 | |||
| 02/02/1792 | Anacharis's Travels | 1 | 02/06/1792 | 260 | |||
| 02/04/1792 | Bio Gallica | 1 | 8vo. | 02/09/1792 | 260 | ||
| 02/06/1792 | Anacharis's Travels | 02/10/1792 | 260 | ||||
| 02/09/1792 | Candidus | 02/14/1792 | 260 | ||||
| 02/10/1792 | Anacharis's Travels | 02/13/1792 | 260 | ||||
| 02/13/1792 | Smollet's England | 02/19/1792 | 260 | ||||
| 02/13/1792 | Voltaire French | 1 | 02/28/1792 | 260 | |||
| 02/20/1792 | Piozzi's Journey | 12vo | 02/24/1792 | 260 | |||
| 02/24/1792 | Am. Travels | 2 | 03/01/1792 | 260 | |||
| 02/28/1792 | " | 1 | 03/07/1792 | 260 | |||
| 03/01/1792 | Boswell's Journal | 8vo. | 03/07/1792 | 260 | |||
| 03/07/1792 | Johnson's Anecdote | 12vo | 03/12/1792 | 260 | |||
| 03/09/1792 | Anach. Greece | 03/30/1792 | 260 | ||||
| 04/12/1792 | Johnson's J. Talk | 04/13/1792 | 260 | ||||
| 04/13/1792 | Lady Luxborough | 12vo | 04/16/1792 | 260 | |||
| 04/16/1792 | Letter from Italy | 1 | 8vo. | 04/21/1792 | 260 | ||
| 04/20/1792 | Ang. Lewis 14 | 1 | 05/03/1792 | 260 |
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