Edward Carey Gardiner collection, 1673-1949, bulk 1787-1885.

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Edward Carey Gardiner collection, 1673-1949, bulk 1787-1885.

The Edward Carey Gardiner collection consists of papers of the Baird, Carey, Gardiner, Lea, and Penington families, many of which were prominent in political, economic, and cultural affairs in Philadelphia. The collection is rich in personal and business correspondence, family papers and genealogical notes, and material printed by the Carey family publishing house. There are also land, legal, and financial papers; estate papers; photographs; passports; speeches and writings; and a few artifacts. The collection spans from 1673 to 1949, with the bulk dating from 1787 to 1885.

51 boxes, 38 volumes., ( 21.5 linear feet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7274230

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Carey & Hart

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M. Carey & Son.

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Gardner family.

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Penington, Edward, 1726-1796

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Baird, Thomas James, 1795-1842

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Lea & Blanchard

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Penington, Edward, 1766-1834

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Carey family.

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Carey, Lea & Carey

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Mathew Carey and Co.

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Carey, Lea & Blanchard

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Philadelphia publishing company. From the description of Correspondence, 1823-1849. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122381810 ...

Lea, Isaac, 1792-1886

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Charles Lucian Bonaparte was a naturalist and ornithologist. From the guide to the Correspondence, 1824-1855, from American scientists, 1824-1855, (American Philosophical Society) Isaac Lea, a scientist and member of the American Philosophical Society, was the father of Henry Charles Lea. From the description of Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1881. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122621761 Isaac Lea was a geologist and p...

Lea, Arthur Henry, 1859-1938.

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Arthur Henry Lea was the fourth child and youngest son of Henry Charles Lea. Arthur served as H. C. Lea's literary executor. From the description of Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1884-1907. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 63556174 ...

Carey, Edward L., 1806-1845

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Edward L. Carey was a partner in several publishing firms, notably Carey & Hart, based in Philadelphia. Among Carey & Hart's publications were maps and gift books. From the description of Edward L. Carey letters to Charles West Thomson, 1839-1841. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 53150141 ...

Baird, Henry Carey, 1825-1912

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American publisher and writer on economics. From the guide to the Henry Carey Baird letters, 1853-1895, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) American publisher, author, and economist. From the description of Letter, an autobiography, and an envelope, 1901. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367573273 ...

Gardiner, Edward Carey, approximately 1879-1945

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Edward Carey Gardiner was born in Philadelphia, November 14, 1878, to William Howard Gardiner (1851-1906), a military historian, and Helena Lawrence Baird (1852- 1906), the only child of Henry Carey Baird (1825-1912), a noted Philadelphia publisher. Even though Edward had been educated overseas with tutors and in schools in Italy, Switzerland, and France, he lived most of his life in Philadelphia, as a bachelor and, like many of his ancestors, as a publisher. He joined his grandfather's publishi...

Penington, Isaac, 1616-1679

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Baird family.

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Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839

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Mathew C. Carey (1760-1839) was a publisher, economist, and humanitarian. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, and came to America in 1784, after involvement in Irish revolutionary activity. He took up his trade as a printer, publishing the Pennsylvania Herald and the periodical, The American Museum. His book publishing ventures prospered and his firm was a leader in American printing and publishing in the period 1795-1835. He was an active proponent of the protective tariff, as well as an ardent cha...

Lee family.

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Penington, John, 1799-1867

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John Penington (1799-1867), the son of Edward and Helena Lawrence (Holmes) Penington, was a bookseller in Philadelphia, Pa., and a member of the American Philosophical Society, having a "national reputation as a scholar, antiquary, and bibliophile." Born on 1 August 1799 in Mulberry Hill, N.J., Penington was a descendant of Isaac Penington, the well-known seventeenth century Quaker leader, eldest son of the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Isaac Penington, a commissioner on the trial of Charles I and c...

Penington, Henry, 1807-1858

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Gardiner, William Howard, 1875-1952

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Gardiner was a consultant on world politics and naval affairs. He was active in the Navy League of the United States and served for a time as vice-president and president and as an unofficial consultant of both the U.S. Navy and State Departments. The Navy League was founded in 1902 as a civilian organization dedicated to the education of citizens and to the support of those in the sea-services and their families. From the guide to the Papers, ca. 1900-1950., (Houghton Library, Harva...

Pennington family.

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Carey, Henry Charles, 1793-1879

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Henry Carey, American economist, was born in Philadelphia and initially devoted himself to the publishing business, which he inherited from his father. He was also interested in economics and in 1836 he published an article entitled, Essay on the rate of wages - subsequently expanded into a 3 vol. work: The principles of political economy, 1837-1840. Carey published numerous other books and essays and his writings were read worldwide, especially in Europe. Other works include, The slave trade......

M. Carey & Sons

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