Gardner family papers 1776-1789 Gardner family papers

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Gardner family papers 1776-1789 Gardner family papers

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The Gardner family papers document the management of Joseph Gardner's Jamaica plantation after his death in 1780. The letters primarily concern Joseph's brother Theophilus Gardner, a Philadelphia merchant, who inherited the estate and attempted to manage and sell the property over the course of the following decade.

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