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The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Robert Seager Collection, WLU Coll. 0346, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections' staff to verify the appropriate format.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Mary Morris Booth in 1991
Processing Information
Blue sheet prepared by Betty Kondayan (April 1, 2009)
Biographical / Historical
Seager is the author of And Tyler too: a biography of John and Julia Gardiner Tyler , which was published in 1963.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of typed copies of a diary (1840-1841) and correspondence of the Gardiner family of New York, with information about their business dealings, political associations, and their relation to the Tylers of Virginia. The photocopies contain Seager's annotations.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Beeckman, Margaret Gardiner
- Diaries
- Gardiner, Alexander
- Gardiner, David
- Gardiner, Juliana McLachlan
- Gardner family
- Political parties -- U.S. states
- Tammany Hall
- Tyler family
- Tyler, John
- Tyler, Julia Gardiner
- Virginia -- Rockbridge Alum Springs
Existence and Location of Originals
The original documents are owned by Yale University.
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Beeckman, Gilbert
- Beeckman, Margaret Gardiner
- Bleecker, John R.
- Edward, Ogden
- Fenton, Andrew J.
- Gardiner, Alexander
- Gardiner, David
- Gardiner, David L.
- Gardiner, Frances Eliza
- Gardiner, John Bray
- Gardiner, Juliana McLachlan
- Gardiner, Mary E.
- Gardiner, Mary Frances
- Gardiner, Mary Smith
- Gardiner, Nathaniel
- Gardiner, Phoebe D. Gardiner
- Gardiner, Samuel L.
- Gardiner, William Henry
- Graham, John Lorimer
- Gwin, William, McKendree
- Polk, James K. (James Knox)
- Seager, Robert
- Thompson, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin)
- Tyler, John
- Tyler, Julia Gardiner
- Tyler, Robert
- Walker, Robert J. (Robert John)
- Wright, Silas
Container List
Margaret, Julia, Juliana, and Alexander are the main correspondents in this file.
Many of the letters in this file are written to Alexander.
Many of the correspondences in this file are between Alexander Gardiner and Andrew J. Fenton.
Most of these letters are written to David L. Gardiner. Many of them are from Julia or Juliana.
This files consists of undated letters of Margaret Gardiner Beeckman and letters of Alexander Gardiner, c. 1842-1843.
This file consists of undated letters of David Gardiner, Sr., Juliana Gardiner, Julia Gardiner Tyler, sections from David L. Gardiner's Diary, c. 1857, and miscellaneous letters.