Samuel Russell Gerry papers, 1756-1895.

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Samuel Russell Gerry papers, 1756-1895.

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Papers of Marblehead, Mass., merchants Samuel R. Gerry (1750-1807) and his son Capt. Samuel R. Gerry (born ca. 1784), including correspondence with Joseph Gardoqui & Sons, Butlers & Mathew, and other merchants and agents. Correspondence and business accounts concern trade with Bilbao, Spain, Batavia (Jakarta), Indonesia, and other ports. Family and business correspondence of Elbridge Gerry and Thomas Gerry is included; also, Capt. Samuel R. Gerry's orders and letters from Isaac Hull while serving as Sailing Master in Portland, Maine. Other correspondents include Philadelphia merchant Joshua Howell, Boston merchant Samuel Parkman, John Rose Greene, and Catharine Gerry. Correspondence of the William Gerry Keene family (1884-95) of Lynn, Mass. is also included.

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Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814

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Elbridge Thomas Gerry (July 17, 1744 (OS July 6, 1744) – November 23, 1814) was an American politician and diplomat. As a Democratic-Republican he served as the fifth vice president of the United States under President James Madison from March 1813 until his death in November 1814. The political practice of gerrymandering is named after Gerry. Born into a wealthy merchant family, Gerry vocally opposed British colonial policy in the 1760s and was active in the early stages of organizing the re...

Hull, Isaac, 1773-1843

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Isaac Hull (1773-1843) commanded USS Constitution in her 1812 victory over Guerriere, in which it earned the sobriquet "Old Ironsides." He later commanded the Boston, Portsmouth, and Washington Navy yards and was appointed Commodore of the Mediterranean Squadron in 1838. From the description of Isaac Hull Collection, 1798-1841. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 479784380 Isaac Hull was born 9 March 1773 Huntington (now Shelton) CT. His commands inclu...

Joseph Gardoqui and Sons.

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Butlers and Mathew.

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Gerry, Thomas, 1735-

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Parkman, Samuel, 1752-1824

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Keene family.

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Gerry, Catharine.

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Gerry, Samuel Russell, ca.1784-

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Howell, Joshua.

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Gerry, John Rose.

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Gerry, Samuel R. (Samuel Russell), 1750-

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