Folder MS0247.01.10

Scope and Contents News from the West Coast 1844 (booklet measures 24 x 16 cm bound in gray heavy paper with blue etching of clipper ship, contains four pages, 150 copies, printed at Richmond, Virginia, 1938) Contents: Ship Vandalia, San Diego, Dec, 7, 1844. Dear John (Low) and Hannah (letter relates how the writer, John Girdler, just landed 9,000 hides will have 13,000 collected by January 1, will sail from San Diego to San Pedro, Santa Barbara, Monterey, San Francisco will remain there until April. ...

Scope and Contents (12.5 x 8 x .25 cm, brown buckram with imbossed design and words in gold) (possibly Capt. John Girdler’s) (contains notes re: May 1850 Valparaiso cash paid crew [crew names], Received $575 for Passengers; San Francisco October 1850 cash paid officers & crew; Deposited at F. Argenti October 28 $300, October 30 $100; Mrs. Candler 25 Hotel Berwick Columbus Ave. Boston Mass (this is different handwriting from previous); childish drawings opposite a page with recipe for Bride Cake (on...

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Old Marblehead Sea Captains and the Ships in which They Sailed, by Benjamin J. Lindsey, compiled and published for the benefit of the Marblehead Historical Society, 1915, 137 p. (Filed separately in Special Collections) (See also SC MS 0247.01.08.01) [On the flyleaf is a hand- written dedication in blue ink: Marblehead. Dec. 22, 1915 Xmas present from your father. Very truly yours Benj. J. Lindsey

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Genealogical notes (three typed sheets) made about the Stacey Family by E.E. Stacey of Des Moines and Boone Iowa Lorraine Minton’s Father Aiken S.C. Notes made 3-12-59 Des Moines Historical Library (apparently Robert M. Girdler’s 5th generation grandmother was Priscilla Stacey) Notes made 4-22-59 Newberry Library, Chicago, Ill (Robert M. Girdler notes in pencil a vague reference to William Stacy as an ancestor)

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1983 April 18 from Mrs. George B. Girdler (Indianapolis) to Robert Girdler (Aiken, SC) letter says “enclosed is my husband’s family tree” (they are parents of Kathy mentioned in SC MS 0247.01.05.27), she notes that her father-in-law’s second wife was named Gertrude and it was her second marriage also. [There is an original letter and a photocopy]

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1989 September 18 from Vernon L. Girdler (Hemphill, TX) to Bob Girdler (Aiken, SC) (a note on yellow lined paper “to say hello and thanks” and “I am a grandson of Jesse Lee, John Wesley’s son. The enclosed sheets were prepared by Dorothy Askley of Science Hill, Ky. whose grandmother was a Girdler. [Six sheets of Family Group: James Girdler, Joseph Girdler, Benjamin Girdler, John Wesley Girdler]