Rivington
merchant
importer/dealer
Biography
Rivington was named by Spillane among the general merchants of New York, alongside Hayman Levy, Peter Goelet, Campbell, Gault, and John Arthur, who informally imported harpsichords, and occasionally a pianoforte for a special customer, before 1776, bringing such goods over on the same vessels as furniture and other imported luxuries.
Highlights
- Named among the New York general merchants who informally imported harpsichords and occasionally pianofortes before 1776.
Source
Daniel Spillane, History of the American Pianoforte (1890), p. 61.
Public domain.