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Papers of Newlin and Smith families

 Series — Box: 6

Scope and Contents

Included in this box is a folder of marriage certificates, including Joshua Cowgill and Martha Newlin, 1809; Gideon Smith and Elizabeth Cowgill, 1834; Rebecca Smith and Thomas Gould, 1867 and others. Most of them are in poor condition. Another folder contains an account of the Ewing family that settled in Cumberland Co., NJ, written in 1841; will and inventory of the estate of Elizabeth N. Ewing, 1970s. A folder contains the letters to Martha C. Smith from Smith and Waring family members at the end of the 19th century. A folder includes the travel diary of Elizabeth Newlin Smith (1884-1977) and a published memoir of Elizabeth C. Smith (1872), as well as some genealogical information and miscellaneous material. A final folder contains letters of various people, including Gideon Smith, beginning in 1822; information about the deaths of Elizabeth Cowgill Smith, 1871 and Nathaniel Newlin, 1829 and a list of other deaths

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This collection is open for use.

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