Gardner Family Papers

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The Gardner family of Nantucket descended from Richard and John Gardner, sons of Thomas Gardner, a planter who came from England to Salem, Massachusetts in 1626. Their descendants became captains of whaling ships, land owners and merchants. This collection includes correspondence, deeds and other land records, poems, financial and legal papers, wills, certificates, obituaries, research notes, genealogical materials, inventories, and other papers of family members, relating to many phases of Nantucket history.
Folder 11 Anna Gardner: speech “William the Silent”

Folder 11 Anna Gardner: speech “William the Silent”

Speech “William the Silent”, undated

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43 pages: 55% complete (56% transcribed)
Folder 15 Anna Gardner: lines commemorating the 1st National Women’s Convention

Folder 15 Anna Gardner: lines commemorating the 1st National Women’s Convention

Lines commemorating the First National Women's Rights Convention, undated

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10 pages: 10% complete (10% transcribed)
Folder 17 Anna Gardner: poetry, Item 1

Folder 17 Anna Gardner: poetry, Item 1

Lines on Members of Sorosis: G.M. Barney, Linda Barney, Sarah Cathcart, Rebecca Gardner, Judith Mitchell, Sarah Newcomb, C. Pierson, Hannah M. Robinson, Hannah Sharp, Catherine Starbuck, Elizabeth Starbuck, Susie Starbuck, Sarah Temple, Helen B. Worth, Rebecca Wyre.

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11 pages: 0% complete (0% transcribed)
Folder 17 Folder 17 Anna Gardner: poetry, Item 3

Folder 17 Folder 17 Anna Gardner: poetry, Item 3

"A Tribute" 1890 draft giving contents of house belongings to Hannah Sharp

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7 pages: 0% complete (0% transcribed)
Folder 17 Folder 17 Anna Gardner: poetry, Item 4

Folder 17 Folder 17 Anna Gardner: poetry, Item 4

"A Tribute" 1890 giving contents of house belongings to Hannah Sharp

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5 pages: 0% complete (0% transcribed)
Folder 2 Anna Gardner: speech "Education"

Folder 2 Anna Gardner: speech "Education"

Speech "Education", undated

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124 pages: 30% complete (31% transcribed)
Folder 21 1/4 Benjamin A. Gardner: letter

Folder 21 1/4 Benjamin A. Gardner: letter

Letter from Joseph L. Monson, 19 May 1840.

3 pages: 66% complete (67% transcribed)
Folder 21 Benjamin Gardner: letter and receipt

Folder 21 Benjamin Gardner: letter and receipt

Letter from J. Gurrell, New Orleans, 27 March 1827.

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2 pages: 50% complete (50% transcribed)
Folder 21 Benjamin Gardner: letter and receipt, Item 2

Folder 21 Benjamin Gardner: letter and receipt, Item 2

Two copies of bills of cost from Court of Common Pleas. 14 December 1814 and May 1815

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2 pages: 50% complete (50% transcribed)
Folder 22 Charles Gardner, Capt.: letters out, Item 1

Folder 22 Charles Gardner, Capt.: letters out, Item 1

Morris Tobias, [July] 1815. Mentions conclusion of War of 1812 and his and his family's desire, as well as that of their friend C. Wheaton, to visit Tobias. Gardner mentions that Wheaton fixed his broken watch. There is an account of monies owed to Tobias. Mention of Daniel and Matthew Jones,...

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4 pages: 0% complete (0% transcribed)
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