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MSS 59: Pardee Family Papers, 1841-1978 Creators: Pardee family; Laban Pardee (1790-1859); William Bradley Pardee (1821-1893) Extent: 4 ft. (273 items) Description: Chiefly letters written by William Bradley Pardee to his father, Laban Pardee, of New Haven, CT, describing his activities as a carriage merchant in Wetumpka, ALA; letters to William and his wife, Nancy (English) Lum Pardee, whom he married after his return to New Haven in 1855 to become a partner in the carriage manufacturing firm of Lawrence, Bradley, and Pardee; and other family papers. Research Topics: Carriage manufacturing; carriage industry in the antebellum South; Southern society and economy