Robert C. Massonneau, Tobacco Factory owner - Finding Aid

Archive

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Historic Red Hook

Finding Aid

Finding Aid

Name/Title

Robert C. Massonneau, Tobacco Factory owner - Finding Aid

Entry/Object ID

2018.003.001

Scope and Content

Business correspondence and papers belonging to Robert Claudius Massonneau (1797-1877), a member of the French immigrant family who in 1812 built a store at the four corners on a piece of property bought from John Armstrong. Robert's father Claudius Massonneau (1769-1846) built a tobacco factory on South Broadway. Collections includes an 1872 newspaper, Aurora Borealis, published by the business.

Collection

Robert C. Massonneau Collection