Abstract This 5,000-piece collection contains correspondence, accounts, reports, and other documents kept by David Gelston during the time that he served as Collector of Customs for the Port of New York. Although we have indicated the period represented as 1800-1843, the greatest concentration of material falls between 1801 and 1820. There are no papers relative to Gelston's earlier political or business activities, and the approximately 200 pieces dated after 1820 primarily involve his efforts to...