filter_framesGardner Family Papers, 1776-1789

The Gardner family papers document the management of Joseph Gardner's sugar plantation, Estate Mount Tirzah at Savanalamar, Jamaica, particularly after his death in 1780. Most of the letters concern Joseph's brother Theophilus Gardner, a Philadelphia merchant, who inherited the estate and attempted to manage and sell the property over the course of the following decade.

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