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Daughters of the American Revolution Elk Chapter (Elkton, Md.) transcripts of Cecil County wills

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F1039

Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten and typed transcripts of ninety-one 17th and 18th century wills from Cecil County, Maryland. The collection also includes a 20-page photocopied index that corresponds with many of the names of individuals found on wills. Though the photocopies were made circa 1980, the date span of their source material, the original wills, ranges from 1675-1720. The original arrangement of the collection has been preserved which orders the wills according to an unknown numbering system.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1980

Creator

Language of Materials

Materials entirely in English.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library, https://library.udel.edu/static/purl.php?askspec

Extent

92 item

Abstract

Photocopies of handwritten and typed transcripts of ninety-one 17th and 18th century wills from Cecil County, Maryland. Though the photocopies were made circa 1980, the date span of the original wills ranges from 1675-1720. The collection also includes a 20-page photocopied index that corresponds with many of the names of individuals found on wills.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Emma Grace McCabe McCool, January 1980.

General

Box 71: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0099

Processing Information

Processed and encoded by Dustin Frohlich, October 2017.

Title
Finding aid for Daughters of the American Revolution Elk Chapter (Elkton, Md.) transcripts of Cecil County wills
Status
Completed
Author
University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
Date
2017 October
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the University of Delaware Library Special Collections Repository

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