George Read documents regarding the will of Ebenezer Howell
Content Description
Autograph documents produced by lawyer, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and U. S. Senator from Delaware, George Read. One document concerns payments in relation to the will of Ebenezer Howell. The other concerns the sale of Howell's tavern and land in Newark, Delaware, to Henry Darby, and subsequently to John Evans.
Dates
- Creation: 1774-1791
Creator
- Read, George, 1733-1798 (Person)
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, University of Delaware Library, http://library.udel.edu/spec/askspec/
Extent
1 item (3 pages)
Abstract
Autograph documents produced by lawyer, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and U. S. Senator from Delaware, George Read. One document concerns payments in relation to the will of Ebenezer Howell. The other concerns the sale of Howell's tavern and land in Newark, Delaware, to Henry Darby, and subsequently to John Evans.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, May 1988.
Materials Available in Alternative Format
A digitized copy of the documents are available at the University of Delaware Digital Institutional Repository.
Shelving Summary
Box 2, F0052: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0098 manuscript boxes
OCLC Number
Processing Information
Processed and encoded by George Apodaca, June 2015.
Subject
- Howell, Ebenezer, 1727-1787 (Person)
- Read, George, 1733-1798 (Person)
- Darby, Henry (Person)
- Evans, John (Person)
- Title
- Finding aid for George Read documents regarding the will of Ebenezer Howell
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Date
- 2015 June 3
- 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