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Collection Data
- Description
- The Gerry-Townsend family of Massachusetts included statesman Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814). The collection consists of correspondence of Elbridge Gerry, 1773-1814, and his son-in-law David S. Townsend, 1812-1846); 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 diary, 1813, Elbridge Gerry, Jr. kept during a journey from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Washington, D.C. Includes letters relating to Gerry's mission to France, 1797-1798 (the XYZ Affair), and to national politics. Correspondents include John Adams, William Gordon, Gideon Granger, Thomas Jefferson, James Lovell, James Madison, W. Vans Murray, George Partridge, C.C. Pinckney, Samuel Osgood, Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., James Warren, James Wendell, and John Wendell.
- Names
- Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Correspondent)
- Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814 (Creator)
- Gerry, Elbridge, 1791-1883 (Correspondent)
- Gerry, Eliza (Correspondent)
- Gordon, William, fl. 1763-1809 (Correspondent)
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 (Correspondent)
- Lovell, James, 1737-1814 (Correspondent)
- Madison, James, 1751-1836 (Correspondent)
- Murray, William Vans, 1760-1803 (Correspondent)
- Osgood, Samuel, 1748-1813 (Correspondent)
- Partridge, George, 1740-1828 (Correspondent)
- Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746-1825 (Correspondent)
- Trumbull, Jonathan, 1740-1809 (Correspondent)
- Warren, James, 1726-1808 (Correspondent)
- Wendell, James (Correspondent)
- Wendell, John, 1731-1808 (Correspondent)
- Townsend, David S. (Creator)
- Dates / Origin
- Date Created: 1675 - 1846
- Library locations
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Shelf locator: MssCol 1144
- Topics
- Gery family
- Townsend family
- Cambridge (Mass.) -- Tours
- United States -- Foreign relations -- France
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1789-1815
- Washington (D.C.) -- Description and travel
- Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
- Diplomats
- Statesmen
- Real property -- Massachusetts -- Boston
- XYZ Affair, 1797-1798
- Genres
- accounts
- estate records
- probate accounts
- deeds
- Mortgages
- Correspondence
- Documents
- Diaries
- Notes
- Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
- Physical Description
- Extent: .84 linear feet 2 boxes, 2 volumes, 1 other item
- Type of Resource
- Text
- Identifiers
- NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12361330
- MSS Unit ID: 1144
- Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f0048ea0-d758-0133-4a9b-00505686d14e
