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Box 1

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

1852

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of 193 letters written to a Long Island attorney, Samuel H. Gardiner, Esq. of Sag Harbor and New York City. The letters give a good picture of the activities of a counselor at law of that period. The majority of the letters concern legal matters; however, some relate to politics, touching on the election campaigns of 1844 and 1848.
Dates: 1839 - 1864