New York, 1803-24. Mini-archive of seven items relating to New York merchant and purported British spy, Peter Alexander Allaire. Comprising his account book, dated 1803-05; three lease aggreements between Allaire and two New York City merchants, dated 1811-13; one partially printed appraisal document of Allaire's property, executed upon his death and signed by his children, George and Calicia Allaire, dated September 20, 1820; one MS. account book belonging to his son George Young Allaire, dated 1823-24; one copy of the quarterly magazine "Now and Then", April, 1948, containing Allaire's first person account of his arrest and imprisonment in the Bastille on suspicions of him being a spy for the British government.