Bassett Family Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains deeds, will, land and other property documents of the Bassett, Wright, and other families of Salem County, NJ, many of whom were Quakers.
Dates
- Creation: 1676-1846
Creator
- Bassett family (Family)
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
Collection is open for research.
Copyright and Rights Information
Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language
English
Overview
This collection contains deeds, will, land and other property documents of the Bassett, Wright, and other families of Salem County, NJ, many of whom were Quakers.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into four series:
- Deeds, wills concerning Salem County, 1676-1846
- Maps, etc., concerning properties along Salem Creek, 1824-184
- Stock certificates from Salem Canal company
- Miscellaneous correspondence
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donor: Unknown, Prior to 1956
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift to Friends Historical Library before 1956
Processing Information
In the summer of 1956, this bundle of papers was sorted and placed in Record Group 5.
Subject
- Wright family (Family)
- Title
- An Inventory of the Bassett Family Papers, 1676-1846
- Author
- FHL staff
- Date
- 1956
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
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