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Letters to John L. Gardner Jr. from Boston

correspondent John Lowell Gardner, Sr. (Boston, 1804 - 1884)

Date1870-1889

Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America

MediumInk on paper

ClassificationsManuscripts

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberARC.007467

eMuseum ID730085

EmbARK ObjectID33264

TMS Source ID16796

Last Updated8/9/24

Status

Not on view

Web CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.

MarksNotesInscribed in pencil (bottom right): [JLG Sr.]
Inscribed in pencil (bottom right): [JLG to JLG Sr.]
Inscribed in pencil (bottom left): [JLG Sr.]
Envelope stamped (recto upper right): Jamaica / Plain / Sta. / Mass.
Envelope dated (recto lower left): [Sept 15, 1883]
Envelope stamped (verso left): San Francisco / Cal. Recd / Boston / Sept 15 / Mass / U.S. Consolate .../ Nov / 1... / 188...
Envelope inscribed in pencil (verso lower): [J.L.G. Sr.]
Envelope stamped (recto upper right): Boston / Mass / Sep 3 83 / 4 PM
Envelope inscribed in pencil (lower right): [JLG. Sr.]
Envelope stamped (verso upper): 18 / 1888 / ...
Envelope stamped (recto center): Boston / Aug / 29 / Paid
Envelope stamped (recto upper right): London / W/ 7 / Au 18 / 79
Envelope stamped (upper right): Boston / Mass. / Aug 6 83 / 3 30 PM

ProvenanceNotesInherited by Isabella Stewart Gardner upon the death of John Lowell Gardner, Jr., December 1898.