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Nichols, J. Howard, 1838-1905. J. Howard Nichols papers, 1856-1905 (inclusive).

Title: J. Howard Nichols papers, 1856-1905 (inclusive).

The J. Howard Nichols papers consist of business records and personal and professional correspondence during the period from 1856 to 1905. The early business letters, 1856-1875, make up the bulk of this collection and refer primarily to his work as a China trader in the 1860s. The later letters, 1875-1905, refer to his work as treasurer for the Dwight Manufacturing Company. The business records consist of shipping invoices, letters of credit, receipts, accounts, and deeds, mostly pertaining to his time in China and to his land holdings in Texas and Missouri. His personal correspondence consists of letters from his family, friends, and missionaries and reveal close family ties and a strong religious faith. Also included in the papers are telegrams about business matters written in secret code with translation beneath; references to the Civil War and the ensuing financial chaos; the competition of the trans-Atlantic cable; and the Taiping Rebellion. Additionally, there are papers of his son, Howard Gardner Nichols, which include business correspondence, 1895-1896, and a Harvard College report card, 1890-1891.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft. (9 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269597457 View

Gardner family. Gardner family papers, 1655-1959; bulk: 1820-1890.

Title: Gardner family papers, 1655-1959; bulk: 1820-1890.

Papers of the Gardner family of Salem and Brookline, Mass. include early deeds of Salem and wills of Ebenezer, George, John (1681-1722), Samuel, and Thomas Gardner. Later wills, estate inventories, and accounts (1817-31) of the estates of John (1731-1805) and Elizabeth Pickering Gardner are contained in a notebook compiled by their son Samuel P. Gardner. Also included are commonplace books of Rebecca R.L. Gardner; commonplace books and diary (1859) of Eliza P. Gardner; a diary of John L. Gardner (1804-1884) of an 1823 trip to Europe; and account books of George A. Gardner from 1851-57 and 1862-63. (Cont) Correspondence includes letters from John L. Gardner (1837-98) to his nephew George P. Gardner instructing him on stock and business dealings and on the disposition of art work that he and his wife Isabella Stewart Gardner collected while in Europe and Asia. Other letters to George P. from his father George A. Gardner concern financial dealings, his travels in Europe, and time spent on Rogue's Island, Maine. Additional correspondents include Augustus P. and John L. Gardner (b.1867).

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes and 1 narrow box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18265335 View

J. Howard Nichols papers, 1856-1905

Title: J. Howard Nichols papers, 1856-1905

Personal and professional papers of China trader and textile manufacturing firm treasurer J. Howard Nichols, 1856-1905.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft. (9 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/bak00187/catalog View

Gardner family. Gardner family business records, 1780-1936 (inclusive), 1857-1934 (bulk).

Title: Gardner family business records, 1780-1936 (inclusive), 1857-1934 (bulk).

Selection of trust accounts relating to Gardner family interests, mainly 1857-1934. Real estate interests represented include Roque Island (Me.) and Albion Estate Association. Earlier records include an account book, 1853-1858, of Gardner and Coolidge, cotton brokers of Boston, Mass.; letters, 1792-1824, of Samuel Pickering Gardner; estate papers, ca. 1780, of Captain John Gardner; accounts, 1857-1876, of a Payson family trust; and letters, 1864-1881, of George A. Gardner.

ArchivalResource: 33.33 linear ft. (33 v., 1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/229894491 View

Gardner family. Gardner family papers, 1772-1915.

Title: Gardner family papers, 1772-1915.

Papers of the Gardner Family of Wenham and Boston, Mass., 1772-1915. Includes deeds and family correspondence of merchants and ship owners John, Samuel P., John L. Sr. and Jr., George, George A., Joseph P., and George P. Gardner, and of Rebecca R. (Lowell), and Catherine E. (Peabody) Gardner, among others. Also included are a few letters written by Isabella Stewart Gardner and many other letters that make references to her. Timothy Pickering is a frequent, early correspondent. Collection includes some papers (1805-13) of Boston attorney Francis Blanchard. Among correspondence are letters written home from Europe by various Gardner family members at different times. Bound vols. include two chronological memoranda books of John L. and John L., Jr., 1846-99, noting sales of ship cargoes, mostly pepper, coffee, tea, saltpeter, and sugar; a scrapbook of John L., Jr., 1846, mostly containing engravings; and a letterbook (1864-86) with copies of letters among John L, Sr., John L., Jr., Joseph P., George A., and later George P. Gardner.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes, 1 narrow box, 1 oversize box, and 4 v. in cases. Partially processed.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52700883 View