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

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

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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).

2 boxes and 1 narrow box.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Gardner, George, d. 1679.

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Gardner, John, 1731-1805.

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Gardner, John Lowell, b. 1867.

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Gardner, G. Peabody (George Peabody)

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Gardner earned his Harvard AB in 1910. From the description of Notes in History 24, History 2, and Comparative Literature 24, [1908-1909] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77075209 ...

Gardner, John, 1804-1880

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Gardner, Elizabeth Pickering, 1737-1823.

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Gardner, Thomas, active 1684

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Gardner, Samuel Pickering, 1767-1843.

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Gardner, Rebecca Russell Lowell, 1779-1853.

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Gardner family.

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Gardner, Ebenezer, 1657-1685.

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Gardner, George Augustus, 1829-1916.

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Gardner, John Lowell, 1837-1898.

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Gardner, John, 1681-1722.

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Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924

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American collector. From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Fenway Court," to an unidentified recipient, [1908?] Dec. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269568468 Art collector and patron; Mrs. Jack Gardner. From the description of Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum collection, [18--]-[19--]. (University of Mobile Library). WorldCat record id: 70925322 Art historian, critic, collector, and teacher; Flo...

Gardner, Augustus Peabody, 1865-1918

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Augustus Peabody Gardner, Republican congressman from the Sixth District, Massachusetts, from 1902-1917. E.E. Gaylord, lawyer and principal, Beverly High School, Beverly, Massachusetts. From the description of Letters, 1906-1912. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 41392273 ...

Gardner, Samuel, 1648-1724.

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Gardner, Eliza Endicott Peabody, 1834-1876.

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