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Dixon - Seeds Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-034

Scope and Contents

Collection includes correspondence, albums, school work, and other family papers.

Dates

  • Creation: 1796-1916

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

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/.

Biographical / Historical

Dixon and Seed families were Quakers living near Wilmington, Delaware.

Extent

0.5 linear ft. (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Dixon and Seed families were Quakers living near Wilmington, Delaware. Collection includes correspondence, albums, school work, and other family papers.

Arrangement

The collection is divided into three series:

  1. Biographical and genealogical
  2. Correspondence
  3. Memorabilia

Physical Location

For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donor: Warren J. Dixon, 3/30/1928

Separated Materials

The following material has been removed from the collection and recatalogued:

  1. Marriage certificate of Jonathan Seeds and Mary Cloud, 2-1-1797. See marriage certificate file of FHL)

Processing Information

Processed prior to 1967. Clothing and relics transferred to FHL relics.

Subject

Title
An Inventory of the Dixon - Seeds Family Papers, 1796-1916
Author
FHL staff
Date
Before 1967
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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