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 24 Charles Gardner, Capt.: bills and business papers, Item 5

Receipts, 1808-1828

38 pages: 89% complete (89% transcribed)

Folder 28 Edmund Gardner: letters out, Item 4

To brother, Capt. Charles Gardner, New Bedford, 23 November 1843 Discusses purchase of Illinois land and mentions son, Edmond (1822-1905)

3 pages: 66% complete (67% transcribed)

Folder 39 Capt. Grafton Gardner: receipted bills

Receipted bills, 1793-1815 mentions Ships "Charles" (1814) and "Caroline" (1815)

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70 pages: 10% complete (10% transcribed)

Folder 40 Capt. Grafton Gardner: account book and receipts bills

Account Book,1815-1822 Receipted Bills, 1816-1824 Mentions Ships "Franklin" (1816, 1817, 1822, 1823), "Kingston" (1823), "Enterprise" (1822, 1824), "Empress" (1822), "Columbus" (1820) and Sloop "Experiment" (1822), Includes receipt for partial payment for building ship. by Joseph Holmes, Jr.,...

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248 pages: 24% complete (24% transcribed)

Folder 41 Capt. Grafton Gardner: receipt bills

Receipted bills 1825-1838 Mentions Ships "Franklin" (1825, 1829, 1831), "Kingston" (1828), "Washington" (1827) and "Columbus" (1825) Includes reports of poor market for oil and candles and of legacy for Nancy Drew 14 January 1830

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166 pages: 2% complete (2% transcribed)