Inventory of the Gardiner Family Papers, 1756-1891

Collection Number 268


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Collection Overview
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Gardiner family. Gardiner, Thomas G. Gardiner, William.
Title
Gardiner Family Papers, 1756-1891 (bulk 1820-1855).
Call Number
268
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
300 items (0.5 linear feet).
Abstract
The collection includes legal, business, and personal papers, chiefly 1820-1855, of members of the Gardiner family, of Pittsfield, Mass., consisting primarily of correspondence with Willliam Gardiner, merchant of Pittsfield, and Thomas G. Gardiner, lawyer of Manlius, N.Y. The correspondence discusses banking, religious affairs, settlements of estates, a cholera epidemic, emigration to California, and farming, especially raising cotton. Included are a few papers of Judge Addison Gardiner (1797-1883), of Rochester, N.Y. The Gardiner family apparently had extensive business contacts in the South.


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Administrative Information

Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Gardiner Family Papers, #268, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Agriculture--United States--History--19th century.
Banks and banking--United States--History--19th century.
California--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.
Cholera--United States--History--19th century.
Cotton growing--United States--History--19th century.
Epidemics--United States--History--19th century.
Estates (Law)--United States--History--19th century.
Gardiner, Addison, 1797-1883.
Gardiner, Thomas G.
Gardiner, William.
Gardner family.
Lawyers--New York (State)--History--19th century.
Manlius (N.Y.)--Economic conditions.
Massachusetts--Commerce--Southern States.
Merchants--Massachusetts--History--19th century.
Pittsfield (Mass.)--Commerce--History--19th century.
Southern States--Commerce--Massachusetts.
United States--Religion--19th century.
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Collection Overview

The collection includes legal, business, and personal papers, chiefly 1820-1855, of members of the Gardiner family, of Pittsfield, Mass., consisting primarily of correspondence with Willliam Gardiner, merchant of Pittsfield, and Thomas G. Gardiner, lawyer of Manlius, N.Y. The correspondence discusses banking, religious affairs, settlements of estates, a cholera epidemic, emigration to California, and farming, especially raising cotton. Included are a few papers of Judge Addison Gardiner (1797-1883), of Rochester, N.Y. The Gardiner family apparently had extensive business contacts in the South.