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Description of Series
Gardiner, Fontaine, and Edwards Families Papers, 1840-1885
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A Guide to the Gardiner, Fontaine, and Edwards Families Papers, 1840-1885
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Creator: |
Gardiner, Fontaine, and Edwards Families |
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Gardiner, Fontaine, and Edwards Families Papers |
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Dates: |
1840-1885 |
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Creator Abstract: |
Dr. John Burrowes Gardiner, a surgeon in the Texas Navy, married Susan Bryson Fontaine, a widow with three children, in 1842. The couple had two children before Gardiner’s death in Galveston in 1851. Benjamin E. Edwards came to San Antonio, Texas, from Illinois in 1846. He married Susan H. Mudge in New Orleans in 1852, becoming the father of two sons. He died while on a trip to Illinois in 1858. A granddaughter of Benjamin and Susan Edwards married a son of Sydney T. Fontaine. |
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Content Abstract: |
The collection contains letters, financial documents, certificates, and a journal associated with several individuals, representing three families tied by blood and marriage. |
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Identification: |
Doc 6174 |
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16 items (16 document folders, 1 oversize folder) |
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Materials are in English. |
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Repository: |
Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library at the Alamo, San Antonio, Texas |
Dr. John Burrowes Gardiner, a surgeon in the Texas Navy, married Susan Bryson Fontaine, a widow with three children, in 1842. The couple had two children before Gardiner’s death in Galveston in 1851. His widow married a third time to John S. Rhea in 1855 and had one more child. Three of Susan Rhea’s sons, Henry B. Fontaine, Sydney T. Fontaine, and Charles B. Gardiner, served in the Confederate army during the Civil War.
Benjamin E. Edwards came to San Antonio, Texas, from Illinois in 1846. He married Susan H. Mudge in New Orleans in 1852, becoming the father of two sons. He died while on a trip to Illinois in 1858. A granddaughter of Benjamin and Susan Edwards married a son of Sydney T. Fontaine.
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The collection contains letters, financial documents, certificates, and a journal associated with several individuals, representing three families tied by blood and marriage. Most of the papers are associated with members of the Gardiner and Fontaine families. The earliest items include correspondence of Texas Navy surgeon John Burrowes Gardiner regarding a disagreement with another officer and a medical journal maintained by Gardiner during the 1840 cruise of the Texas Navy ship Austin. The journal contains a log of medical treatment, weather observations, and a commentary on conditions on the ship. Other items include Civil War letters of half brothers Charles B. Gardiner and Henry B. Fontaine during their Confederate service in the Texas Brigade, other family letters, and miscellaneous financial documents. Two items are associated with another branch of the family and consist of letters from Benjamin Edwards to his wife-to-be, written from San Antonio.
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Access Restrictions
No restrictions. The collection is open for research.
Usage Restrictions
Please be advised that the library does not hold the copyright to most of the material in its archival collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to secure those rights when needed. Permission to reproduce does not constitute permission to publish. The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of copyright, literary property rights, and libel.
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Personal Names |
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Gardiner family. |
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Fontaine family. |
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Edwards family. |
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Gardiner, John Burrowes, d. 1851. |
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Gardiner, Charles Bryson, 1843-1888. |
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Edwards, Benjamin E., 1825-1858. |
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Organizations |
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Austin (Sloop of war) |
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Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Brigade. |
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Texas. Navy--Medical care. |
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Texas. Navy--Surgeons. |
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Subjects |
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Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence. |
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Locations |
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Galveston (Tex.) |
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources. |
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Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources. |
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Family papers. |
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Correspondence. |
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Diaries. |
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[Identification of item], Gardiner, Fontaine, and Edwards Families Papers, 1840-1885, Doc 6174, Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Texas.
Gift of Floy Fontaine Jordan, 1977 December.
Processed by Warren Stricker, 1997 July.
Finding aid edited and encoded by Caitlin Donnelly, 2010 November.
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Gardiner, Fontaine, and Edwards Families Papers, 1840-1885 |
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Gardiner and Fontaine families |
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Journal: “Abstract from the Medical Journal of the Texas Sloop of War Austin, Bearing the Broad Pennant of Commodore E. W. Moore,” J. Burrowes Gardiner, 1840 October-December. |
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Correspondence, 1841-1863 |
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John Burrowes Gardiner to Charles A. Cushman [two notes, copies], 1841 May 8. |
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Charles A. Cushman, Sloop-of-War Austin, Galveston, Texas, to Dr. John Burrowes Gardiner, 1841 May 11. |
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Clifford N. Fontaine, Galveston, Texas, to Aunty, 1846 January 25. |
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John Burrowes Gardiner, Galveston, Texas, to Ann S. Bryson, 1846 January 25. |
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Charles Bryson Gardiner, Dumfries, Virginia, to Susan E. Rhea, 1861 December 30. |
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Henry B. Fontaine, Neabico, Virginia, to Susan E. Rhea, 1862 February 15. |
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Charles Bryson Gardiner to Susan E. Rhea [incomplete], 1862 June 28. |
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Charles Bryson Gardiner, near Richmond, Virginia, to Susan E. Rhea, 1863 March 13. |
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Charles Bryson Gardiner, near Suffolk, Virginia, to Susan E. Rhea, 1863 April 17. |
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Charles Bryson Gardiner, fragment, undated. On reverse of handbill containing “Song of the Bayou City Guards in the Chicahominy Swamp” and “A Compliment to the Texas Volunteers,” circa 1862. |
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Treasury warrant: Treasurer of the State of Texas to G. W. Smith, 1862 August 11. |
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Account record: Confederate States of America, Officer's Pay Account, Charles Bryson Gardiner, circa 1864. |
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Certificate: Charles Bryson Gardiner, appointment as notary public, 1885 May 20. |
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| Land Patent Collection |
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Land patent [separated]: State of Texas to James O'Flaherty, assignee of Grandiston Lynn. No. 353, Vol. 4, Bounty. 640 acres, Brazoria District. George T. Wood, Governor. 1848 May 2. |
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Edwards family |
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Letter: Benjamin E. Edwards, San Antonio, Texas, to Susan H. Mudge, 1852 October 23. |
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Letter: Benjamin E. Edwards, San Antonio, Texas, to Susan H. Dodge Mudge, 1853 March 15. |
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