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1. Gardiner/Gardner Family - Name File: Gardner Family

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2. Gardner St. and its Residents from Mid-1700s to 1950. - REF F44 .P8 B85 2019

   Brooks, Virna.

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3. History of the Wentworth-Gardner House. - REF F44 .P8 O64 1995

   Openo, Woodard Dorr

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4. MS002 - New Hampshire Fire & Marine Insurance Company Records, 1801-1825

   Summary Correspondence, financial, shipping, and administration records, insurance policies, and reading room papers of the company. Includes protests and claims relating to losses to ships and cargo from the U.S., and elsewhere; and account books of company secretaries, Thomas Sparhawk, John B. Sewall, and Edward J. Long. Other persons represented include founders James Rundlet, Samuel Ham, William Ballard, and John Gilman, Jr. Scope and C...

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5. MS050 B01 F09.09 - Joshua Brackett to John Langdon

   Joshua Brackett in Portsmouth, N.H. to John Langdon in Philadelphia, PA. representing N.H. as one of its senators. Expresses his regret that Langdon could not procure the appointment of Keith Spence. Major Gardner is in Concord as the representative to the General Court. Dated January 7, 1791.

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6. MS050 B01 F09.10 - Joshua Brackett to John Langdon

   Joshua Brackett in Portsmouth, N.H. to John Langdon in Philadelphia, PA. representing N.H. as one of its senators. Expresses his interest in becoming a subscriber in the proposed National Bank. Wishes to hold four or more shares. Repeats his regret that Langdon could not prevail in the appointment of Keith Spence, and says he would have been preferable to the person now holding the office. Dated January 28, 1791.

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7. MS050 B01 F09.12 - Joshua Brackett to John Langdon

   Joshua Brackett in Portsmouth, N.H. to John Langdon in Philadelphia, PA. representing N.H. as one of its senators. Reports that the General Court in Concord will continue another two weeks, after which Major Gardner will open his office at Exeter. Gardner had not at the time of writing accepted the commission until the salary was raised. Mentions that Portsmouth does not hear as much from Concord, its own state headquarters, as from Philade...

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8. MS050 B01 F10.03 - Joshua Brackett to John Langdon

   Joshua Brackett in Portsmouth, N.H. to John Langdon in Philadelphia, PA. representing N.H. as one of its senators. Explains that the Antiquarian Society was incorporated because it had 400-500 pounds in the fund and 100-200 acres of land in Wolfeboro that could not be disposed of legally. Langdon wishes to know more about the charter for the incorporation of the National Bank. Brackett believes it is an exact copy of the Massachusetts cha...

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9. MS050 B01 F15.08 - John Cushing to John Langdon

   John Cushing in Boston to John Langdon in Portsmouth N.H. Says he has been remiss in not writing to Langdon, expected to get to Portsmouth earlier, and will be there as soon as the court case involving Sherburne is over. Dated April 5, 1788.

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10. MS050 B01 F23.01 - William Gardner to John Langdon

    Two-page letter from William Gardner, Portsmouth, merchant and ensign to Col. Langdon [major in the Rev. War], in New Haven, CT on his way to Philadelphia to John Langdon in Portsmouth. Reports that he has stayed over in New Haven because his horse was fatigued and has stayed with Doctor Stiles, who asks specifically after Langdon and his wife. Four brigades under the command of Genl. Gates have marched from White Plains, NY, but their destin...

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11. MS050 B01 F23.02 - William Gardner to John Langdon

    Two-page letter from William Gardner, Portsmouth, merchant and ensign to Col. Langdon [major in the Rev. War], in Boston, MA to John Langdon in Portsmouth. Reports that he called in at the houses of "Messrs Dalton & Tracy [Tristram Dalton of Newbury and Nathaniel Tracy of Newburyport], but both were absent, the former on his way to Philadelphia. Enoch Titcomb does business for Mr. Dalton, except for the privateer "Sullivan," so was not in a p...

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12. MS050 B01 F23.03 - William Gardner to John Langdon

    One-page letter from William Gardner to John Langdon, both in Portsmouth. Acknowledges Langdon's letter that he will be resigning his commission as Commander (of Langdon's Company of Light Horse Volunteers) and thanks him for his service. Dated November 15, 1780.

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13. MS050 B01 F23.04 - William Gardner to John Langdon

    One-page letter from William Gardner to John Langdon, both in Portsmouth. Says he has a prospect of purchasing lumber with certificates and since Langdon desired that he call on him for what he might want for the purpose, he indicates that he would like fifty pounds. Dated September 13, 1785.

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14. MS050 B01 F23.05 - William Gardner to John Langdon

    Four-page letter from William Gardner in New York, NY to John Langdon in Portsmouth. Arrived the day before in New York, but too late to visit the Treasury Board. Delivered Langdon's letter concerning the difficulties obtaining stores and showed the certificate from Major-General William Heath of Massachusetts. He was referred to Mr. Hardy, who had assumed "the stead of the Comptroller General - of course an important man" - who will investig...

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15. MS050 B01 F23.06 - William Gardner to John Langdon

    Two-page letter from William Gardner in New York, NY to John Langdon in Portsmouth. A follow-up letter to the previous one, in which he indicates that while no substantial progress has been made, it is likely to be achieved soon. Reports that Mr. Hardy has received stores from Barber "which he expects will be of great use as vouchers to you in your account." He wrote to Mr. Mercer, who now has an estate in New Brunswick, N.J., requesting t...

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16. MS050 B01 F23.07 - William Gardner to John Langdon

    Three-page letter from William Gardner in New York, NY to John Langdon in Portsmouth. Reports that the "investigation of your Account" has been unexpectedly delayed by the fact that Mr. Hardy has not yet finished with the business at hand. For several reasons - Mr. Hardy's promotion from the rank of clerk making him too important to look into accounts, his assistant being a miserable sort, and the hours they put into their investigations bein...

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17. MS050 B01 F23.08 - William Gardner to John Langdon

    Two-page letter from William Gardner in Boston to John Langdon in Portsmouth. He is currently in Rhode Island and will set off for home in the next stage. The letter was sent from Boston. He reiterates much of what he relayed concerning the business with Langdon's accounts at the Board of Treasury in his previous letter. Consulted with Mr. Hazard and Col. Walker and both thought that he should leave the city and return home. There is much...

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18. MS050 B01 F23.09 - William Gardner to John Langdon

    Four-page letter from William Gardner to John Langdon in Portsmouth. Congratulates Langdon on his "being honoured with the Congressional Chair previous to the arrival of our Illustrious President & that very respectable Character the Vice President." Reports that he has recently returned from the legislative session in Concord and that there was not much business to be conducted, save for the election of officers. General Sullivan was elec...

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19. MS050 B01 F24.01 - William Gardner to John Langdon

    One-page letter from William Gardner in Concord to John Langdon in Portsmouth. Seeks from Langdon reassurances that his [Gardner's] appointment as Commissioner of Loans is not a disappointment to Langdon, since he knows that L. had proposed a Mr. Spence for the position. "I did suppose you entertain'd a favorable opinion of me from your repeated professions of friendship - and it is not in my power to conceive why your esteem should be lessen...

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20. MS050 B01 F24.02 - William Gardner to John Langdon

    Four-page letter from William Gardner in Exeter to John Langdon in Portsmouth. Responds to Langdon's letter of January 26, in which Langdon apparently said he was disgusted at Gardner's previous letter. He assures L. that it was not written in a "sudden impulse of anger - but by the reflections of calmness - and such as I conceived justifiable considering all circumstances." Gardner reminds Langdon that there was a time when L. was "surrou...

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