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.

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Folder 63 Paul Gardner Jr.: land transactions

Folder 63 Paul Gardner Jr.: land transactions

Land transactions, 1820-1821

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Folder 64 Paul Gardner Jr.: land transactions

Folder 64 Paul Gardner Jr.: land transactions

Land transactions, 1822-1824

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Folder 65 Paul Gardner Jr.: land transactions

Folder 65 Paul Gardner Jr.: land transactions

Land transactions, 1825-1829

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Folder 66 Paul Gardner Jr.: land transaction

Folder 66 Paul Gardner Jr.: land transaction

Land transactions, 1830-1833

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Folder 68 Prince Gardner: complaint to court of common pleas, Item 1

Folder 68 Prince Gardner: complaint to court of common pleas, Item 1

Complaint to Court of Common Pleas against indentured servant, William Barnes, 1805

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Folder 68 Prince Gardner: complaint to court of common pleas, Item 2

Folder 68 Prince Gardner: complaint to court of common pleas, Item 2

Deed for sale of Wesco Hill land to Monthly Meeting of Friends, Nantucket, 4 February 1837

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Folder 69 1/2 Sarah Mooer Gardner Cathcart: will, Item 1

Folder 69 1/2 Sarah Mooer Gardner Cathcart: will, Item 1

Letter to Mr. Hadwen concerning debt and defaming her father and sisters, undated

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Folder 69 Sarah B. Gardner: papers, Item 2

Folder 69 Sarah B. Gardner: papers, Item 2

Joint letter from mother, Sally Barrett Gardner and sister, Martha [Maria], New Bedford, 1 January 1824

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Folder 69 Sarah B. Gardner: papers, Item 3

Folder 69 Sarah B. Gardner: papers, Item 3

Wedding certificate for marriage to Daniel Van Dyke, 29 May 1823

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Folder 7 Anna Gardner: speech “Should Women Study Politics?”

Folder 7 Anna Gardner: speech “Should Women Study Politics?”

Speech "Should Women Study Politics?" 1892 (probably 1897)

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