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Box 9

 Container

Contains 6 Results:

News clippings, general, 1900 - 1999

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 1
Identifier: Sub-Series 1.2
Scope and Contents

Includes wedding announcements, articles about families and individuals (including A.O. Reed and histories of the Ham and Goff families) and other local news. Photocopies and originals.

Dates: 1900 - 1999

News clippings, obituaries, 1872 - 1975

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 2
Identifier: Sub-Series 1.2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

An array of personal and family material, primarily organized by individual or married couple. Includes correspondence, diaries, writings, memorabilia, and vital records, as well as business and financial documents, such as account books, inventories, and legal and property records. General family material also included, such as marriage and commencement invitations, news clippings, and deeds.

Dates: 1872 - 1975

Marriage documents, 1840 - 1941

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 3
Identifier: Sub-Series 1.2
Scope and Contents

Includes marriage announcements; wedding invitations; marriage licenses for William Merril and Ruth Reed, and Elisha B. Thomas and Octavia Reed; marriage certificate of Jason Abraham and Mary Ann Smith.

Dates: 1840 - 1941

Property records and deeds, 1835 - 1857

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 4
Identifier: Sub-Series 1.2
Scope and Contents

Related to proprietors of No. 7 Oxford County. Includes correspondence from Erastus Poor, assorted deeds, and debt-related correspondence. Many documents bear John Reed's name.

Dates: 1835 - 1857

Reed family property deeds and leases, 1831 - 1958

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 5
Identifier: Sub-Series 1.2
Scope and Contents

To, from, and witnessed by a variety of family members, including John Reed, John Reed Jr., Amariah Reed, Lewis Reed, Hannah Richards, Oliver Richards, and Ephraim Richards. Possibly all related to "home farm, particularly southerly half of Lot 13 Range 12," according to accompanying envelope. Also includes line drawing of land deeded to Marcia Reed Binford from her brother Marshall E. Reed (1954).

Dates: 1831 - 1958

Estate inventories, n.d.

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 6
Identifier: Sub-Series 1.2
Scope and Contents

Manuscript inventory lists of art, jewelry, bric-a-brac, furniture (including separate lists of antique furniture), dishes, silver, linens, books, and more. Some indicate items belonged to "Mr. Foster" (possibly relative of Elizabeth Ann (Foster) Abbot) but others not identified. Included is a published version of Collis P. Huntington's will; arrived housed with inventories.

Dates: n.d.