Box MS0247.02

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The earliest date of the material is 1783 which is a sermon printed in Boston. The latest date is 1995 which is correspondence Mr. Girdler had with various persons including a third cousin, Mrs. Winnifred “Win” Pierce, Vernon L. Girdler and Mrs. George B. Girdler who were involved with the genealogical searches. There is original nineteenth and twentieth century correspondence, some photographs, books and printed articles but perhaps the greatest interests are the transcribed nineteenth...

Scope and Contents Written in the 19th Century by the Families of Abel Gardner, Esquire, and Captain Lewis Girdler. (Volumes I, II, III) 0247.02.02.01 “Marblehead Memoir I” 1802- 1848 (includes introduction by W.P.P. [Winnifred “Win” Poland Peirce] April 1980, table of contents) 0247.02.02.02 “Marblehead Memoir II” 1849 to 1867 0247.02.02.03 “Marblehead Memoir III” 1868 to 1915 (The contents are transcribed from various original letters and genealogical Sources. Notations are made as to which family...

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April 8, 1963 indicates another batch of transcribed letters from Girdler family members: Sarah Jane Girdler, Capt. John Girdler, Hannah Gardner, John Low, the letter about life in California 1844 (see 0247.01.10.01), Jennie (Mrs. Dexter Belknap), (There are 20 typed pages of transcribed letters ranging in date from 1802 to 1880s with some ship log entries).

Scope and Contents (beautifully drawn and colored on ivory pebbled paper measures 33 x 25.5 cm). The heraldic device is a shield divided in half top to bottom; on left side is blue ground divided by white band with five black spots (possibly implying ermine) with narrow silver, black and gold bands on either side of broad white band above the dividing band are two ibex heads and below one ibex head in pale tan color; right side of shield has gold ground divided into quarters by a black and red cross...