Gardiner-Whipple-Allen family papers, 1730-1882.

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Gardiner-Whipple-Allen family papers, 1730-1882.

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Two disbound scrapbooks compiled by Margaret A. (Allen) Elton containing papers of the interrelated Gardiner, Whipple, and Allen families. The papers consist of original documents; Elton's genealogical notes, manuscript annotations, and correspondence; clippings; engravings; printed material; photographs; and memorabilia. Among the family members most heavily represented in the collection are Elton's parents, Gardiner, Me. lawyer Frederic Allen and his wife Hannah Bowen (Whipple), Dr. Martin Gay (Allen's son-in-law), Oliver Whipple, William, Nathaniel, Robert H., and John S.J. Gardiner. Papers of Dr. Silvester Gardiner pertain to his role in the settlement of lands in the Kennebec Purchase (Me.), his flight from Boston during the Revolution and years spent as a Loyalist in England, attempts to reacquire his confiscated lands in Boston and Maine, and the settlement of his estate. Additional correspondents include Charles T. Jackson, Robert Hallowell, and members of the Dumaresq family.

2 boxes and 1 oversize box.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7373855

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Gardiner, Robert Hallowell, 1782-1864

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Agriculturalist, public benefactor, landowner, trustee of Bowdoin College, and president of Maine Historical Society; resident of Gardiner, Me. From the description of Robert Hallowell Gardiner papers, 1770-1907. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 82154320 ...

Allen, Frederic, 1780-1865.

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Hallowell, Robert, 1739-1818.

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Gardiner, John, 1737-1793

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Elton, Margaret Ann Allen.

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Gardiner, Silvester, 1708-1786

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Loyalist and Boston physician and landowner. From the description of Papers, 1767-1785. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35074035 Physician, of Boston, Mass., and Newport, R.I.; studied medicine in Europe; had apothecary shops in Boston, Meriden, Conn., and Hartford; lander developer of the Kennebec River Valley and promoter of the Kennebec Company; builder of towns of Pittston and Gardiner, Me.; Loyalist; fled to Halifax and England, later returning to Newport. ...

Whipple family.

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Whipple, Oliver, 1744-1813

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Allen, Hannah Bowen Whipple, 1787-1848.

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Gardiner, William, c. 1768-1843.

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Gardiner family.

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Dumaresq family.

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Allen family.

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Gardiner, John Silvester John, 1765-1830.

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Jackson, Charles T. (Charles Thomas), 1805-1880

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Physician, chemist, and geologist. From the description of Papers of Charles T. Jackson, 1829-1915. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71066585 Physician and chemist. From the description of Papers, 1871, July 21-Aug. 9, Boston. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35149330 ...

Gay, Martin, 1803-1850

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