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Nixon, Thomas, d. 1848. Papers, 1803-1884.

Title: Papers, 1803-1884.

Miscellaneous papers of Nixon and of his family, including his oath of allegiance to the United States, 1821; rules of conduct for school students, 1845; receipts; prescriptions for treatment of rheumatism and a childhood disease; account of military activity in Virginia by a regiment from Surry County, N.C., 1862; description of the aftermath of the battle of Chancellorsville and the desertion of a number of men in the 37th North Carolina Regiment after hearing of the death of General Stonewall Jackson, 1863; a description of Greensboro, N.C., during the approach of General William T. Sherman's troops, 1865; and a copy of Thomas Nixon's will, 1848. The volume contains copies of notes negotiated between Thomas Nixon and various people.

ArchivalResource: 21 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20030597 View

Nixon family. Nixon family collection, 1671-1983 (bulk 1790-1870).

Title: Nixon family collection, 1671-1983 (bulk 1790-1870).

Deeds, wills, receipts, commission (1779) of Col. Thomas Nixon; shoemaking account book of Thomas Nixon, Jr.; school copybooks of Nixon children; paintings, drawings, and calligraphy, of Warren Nixon, as well as legal documents; photographs of W. Nixon and of the house of Thomas Nixon, Jr.; newspaper clippings and article "The military record of Brigadier General John Nixon", by John M. Merriam (American Antiquarian Society, 1927); and article "Joseph Stone and Warren Nixon, of Framingham, Mass.", by Arthur B. and Sybil B. Kern (Antiques Magazine, Sept. 1983).

ArchivalResource: 1.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/775596187 View

Nixon, Thomas, 1762-1842. Thomas Nixon, Jr., tunebook, 1776-ca. 1805.

Title: Thomas Nixon, Jr., tunebook, 1776-ca. 1805.

Manuscipt book containing 143 tunes for the fife on 104 p. The tunes include marches, duty calls, dance tunes, and musical textbook material. Some of the first part is presumed to have been written by Joseph Long and the second part by Nixon.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/771947227 View

United States. Continental Army. Massachusetts Regiment, 6th. Papers, 1778-1780.

Title: Papers, 1778-1780.

A small collection of papers, 10 items, relating to the Continental Army's Sixth Massachusetts Regiment of Col. Thomas Nixon. There are eight returns listing the Continental and State bounties paid to non-commissioned officers and men, a receipt of Thomas Nixon Jr., and an invoice for clothing delivered to the regiment by order of General William Heath.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17398545 View

Nixon, Thomas, 1762-1842. Thos. Nixon Junr's Book of capers of all sorts, 1778-1810.

Title: Thos. Nixon Junr's Book of capers of all sorts, 1778-1810.

Manuscript book, bound in cardboard covered in stenciled paper, with leather spine, containing jokes, draft letters, stories, poems, songs with music, and some illustrations. Numbered pages 1-39, 59-94 are followed by ca. 100 blank leaves.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 6 in. x 7.5 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/774390486 View