Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814.
2. Gerry, Eliza.
3. Gerry, Elbridge, 1791-1883.
4. Adams, John, 1735-1826.
5. Gordon, William, active 1763-1809.
6. Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
7. Lovell, James, 1737-1814.
8. Madison, James, 1751-1836.
9. Murray, William Vans, 1760-1803.
10. Partridge, George, 1740-1828.
11. Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746-1825.
12. Osgood, Samuel, 1748-1813.
13. Trumbull, Jonathan, 1740-1809.
14. Warren, James, 1726-1808.
15. Wendell, James.
16. Wendell, John, 1731-1808.

Description

1. .84 linear foot (2 boxes, 2 v.)

Summary

1. 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.

Subject

1. Gery family
2. Washington (D.C.) > Social life and customs
3. Real property > Massachusetts > Boston
4. United States > Foreign relations > France
5. Diaries
6. Townsend family
7. Probate accounts
8. Statesmen
9. Diplomats
10. Accounts
11. United States > Politics and government > 1789-1815
12. XYZ Affair, 1797-1798
13. Estate records
14. Washington (D.C.) > Description and travel
15. Cambridge (Mass.) > Tours

Genre/Form

1. Accounts.
2. Diaries.
3. Estate records.
4. Probate accounts.

Call number

1. MssCol 1144

Access (note)

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
2. Digital images must be used in lieu of originals.

Additional formats (note)

1. available as digital images.

Funding (note)

1. Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.

Biography (note)

1. The Gerry-Townsend family of Massachusetts included Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814).

Processing action (note)

1. Surveyed
2. Cataloging updated

Title

1. Gerry-Townsend papers, 1675-1846.

Restricted access

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
2. Digital images must be used in lieu of originals.

Additional formats

1. Original Elbridge Gerry correspondence available as digital images.

Funding

1. Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.

Biography

1. The Gerry-Townsend family of Massachusetts included Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814).

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Collection guide and digital images

Occupation

1. Diplomats.
2. Statesmen.

Added author

1. Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814.
2. Gerry, Eliza.
3. Gerry, Elbridge, 1791-1883.
4. Adams, John, 1735-1826.
5. Gordon, William, active 1763-1809.
6. Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
7. Lovell, James, 1737-1814.
8. Madison, James, 1751-1836.
9. Murray, William Vans, 1760-1803.
10. Partridge, George, 1740-1828.
11. Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746-1825.
12. Osgood, Samuel, 1748-1813.
13. Trumbull, Jonathan, 1740-1809.
14. Warren, James, 1726-1808.
15. Wendell, James.
16. Wendell, John, 1731-1808.

LCCN

1. ms 70000323

Research call number

1. MssCol 1144