Research Catalog
Gerry-Townsend papers
- Title
- Gerry-Townsend papers, 1675-1846.
- Supplementary Content
- Collection guide and digital images
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Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Volume 2 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 1144 Volume 2 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Volume 1 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 1144 Volume 1 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 1144 Box 1 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 1144 Box 2 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814.
- Gerry, Eliza.
- Gerry, Elbridge, 1791-1883.
- Adams, John, 1735-1826.
- Gordon, William, active 1763-1809.
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
- Lovell, James, 1737-1814.
- Madison, James, 1751-1836.
- Murray, William Vans, 1760-1803.
- Partridge, George, 1740-1828.
- Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746-1825.
- Osgood, Samuel, 1748-1813.
- Trumbull, Jonathan, 1740-1809.
- Warren, James, 1726-1808.
- Wendell, James.
- Wendell, John, 1731-1808.
- Description
- .84 linear foot (2 boxes, 2 v.)
- Summary
- Collection consists of correspondence; legal papers and accounts of Eliza Gerry, administrator of Elbridge Gerry's estate; deeds, mortgages, and other land papers concerning lands owned by the Gerry and Townsend families in Boston; and transcript of a diary, 1813, Elbridge Gerry, Jr. kept during a journey from Cambridge, Mass., to Washington, D.C.
- Subjects
- Gery family
- Washington (D.C.) > Social life and customs
- Real property > Massachusetts > Boston
- United States > Foreign relations > France
- Diaries
- Townsend family
- Probate accounts
- Statesmen
- Diplomats
- Accounts
- United States > Politics and government > 1789-1815
- XYZ Affair, 1797-1798
- Estate records
- Washington (D.C.) > Description and travel
- Cambridge (Mass.) > Tours
- Genre/Form
- Accounts.
- Diaries.
- Estate records.
- Probate accounts.
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
- Digital images must be used in lieu of originals.
- Additional Formats (note)
- available as digital images.
- Funding (note)
- Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
- Biography (note)
- The Gerry-Townsend family of Massachusetts included Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814).
- Processing Action (note)
- Surveyed
- Cataloging updated
- Call Number
- MssCol 1144
- OCLC
- NYPW89-A486
- Title
- Gerry-Townsend papers, 1675-1846.
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssrefDigital images must be used in lieu of originals.
- Additional Formats
- Original Elbridge Gerry correspondence available as digital images.
- Funding
- Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
- Biography
- The Gerry-Townsend family of Massachusetts included Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814).
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Diplomats.Statesmen.
- Added Author
- Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814.Gerry, Eliza.Gerry, Elbridge, 1791-1883.Adams, John, 1735-1826.Gordon, William, active 1763-1809.Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.Lovell, James, 1737-1814.Madison, James, 1751-1836.Murray, William Vans, 1760-1803.Partridge, George, 1740-1828.Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746-1825.Osgood, Samuel, 1748-1813.Trumbull, Jonathan, 1740-1809.Warren, James, 1726-1808.Wendell, James.Wendell, John, 1731-1808.
- LCCN
- ms 70000323
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 1144