Contents


Descriptive Summary

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL

SCOPE AND CONTENT

Arrangement

SELECTED SEARCH TERMS Materials catalogued separately

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Ser. 1. Biographical and genealogical material, 1804-1909, n.d.

Ser. 2. Correspondence, 1929-1844

Ser. 3. Memorabilia, 1775-1939, n.d.

Ser. 4. Reference material, Quaker, 1819-1925

An Inventory of the Livezey Family Papers, 1773-1925

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1967

Descriptive Summary

Creator Livezey Family
Title Livezey Family Papers,
Dates: 1773-1925
Abstract: The Livezey family members were Quakers and residents of New Jersey. The collection contains correspondence, biographical data, genealogical chart, marriage certificates, memorials, piece books, and printed material of the Livezey and Underwood families.
Extent: 1 box; 0.5 linear ft.
Identification: RG 5/089
Location: For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Location:

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL

The Livezey family members were Quakers and residents of New Jersey.

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SCOPE AND CONTENT

The collection contains correspondence, biographical data, genealogical chart, marriage certificates, memorials, piece books, and printed material of the Livezey and Underwood families.

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SELECTED SEARCH TERMS Materials catalogued separately

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings: Researchers are advised to search by subject and author, when applicable.

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Arrangement

The collection is divided into four series:

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Ser. 1. Biographical and genealogical material, 1804-1909, n.d.


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Genealogical chart of Livezy family


Diary, T. Eliza John (Underwood) 1875


Diary, Joseph B. Livezey 1880


Personal history of Joseph B. Livezey 1904 notebook


Marriage certificates, oversize, placed in chart case, 1844-1909


Joseph Burr and Mary Hilyard, at Ancocas MM 18?3, 2mo 10


Joseph Livezey and Edith S. Burr, at Cherry Street Meeting House, Philadelphia. 183?, 11mo 3


James M. John and Hannah Kester, at Fishing Creek Meeting 1844 12mo 25


Warner Underwood and Eliza John, at residence of Hannah K. John, Greenwood Twp., Columbia Co., Pa. (under care of Fishing Creek MM). 1875, 10mo 21


James Harris Underwood to Sadie Vansant Cliver, at 520 Hadden Avenue, Camden, N.J. (under care of Woodbury MM) 1909, 11mo 11


Miscellaneous genealogical data

Ser. 2. Correspondence, 1929-1844


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Correspondence 1829-1844

Ser. 3. Memorabilia, 1775-1939, n.d.


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1
Piece book, Martha Livezey Jan. 4, 1775


Piece book, Sarah Haines n.d.


Memorials and funeral invitations


“Poems by a Friend” 1939
Gift from Phebe John to her niece, Eliza John, 1840.

Ser. 4. Reference material, Quaker, 1819-1925


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1
Clipping, Epistle from London Yearly Meeting. 1819 5mo


“An Epistle to the young and rising generation...” by William Haines, Jr. 1836 2mo 29


William Haines recommended for Ministry 1860, 1mo 30 typed carbon


“The Little Child's First Reader,” Friends Educational Series, T. Ellwood Zell 1862
Gift from William Haines to William H. Livezey.


Notebook, requests for orders on the income of the Samuel Jeanes Fund for Meeting House purposes 1901-1914


“Handbook of the Principles of the Religious Society of Friends” 1925
Paper, “Are there non-essentials in Quakerism,” n.d.