Description: Brief Description: Papers of Charles O. Patier (1839-1901), mayor of Cairo, Illinois (1892-95) and owner (1872-1901) of the New York Mercantile Company (NYMC), a Cairo dry-goods emporium, contains minute books of the NYMC stockholder's meetings (1883-1914), biographical information, private accounts, and inventory of the Patier estate, including personal financial records and investments (1901).