Scope and Contents
The Dickins Family Papers contains correspondence, writings, legal documents, and other papers relating to Rachel Dickins, Thomas Eden Dickins, and other members of the Dickins family, as well as diaries, poetry, and a collection of fifteenth through seventeenth century charters with seals. Other materials in the collection relate to James Bean, an assistant paymaster with the East India Company in the Philippines in 1764, Captain William Wilkinson, a financial agent to Sir George Hay, and Wallace of Craigie, a descendant of William Wallace. Also included are genealogical charts linking the Dickins family to Pocahontas through her marriage to John Rolfe, and twentieth century documents concerning family history.
Dates
- 1449-2000 and undated
- Majority of material found within 1449-1899
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Dickins Family Papers is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Bernard Quaritch on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection Fund, 2004.
Arrangement
Organized into three series: I. Correspondence, 1795-1928 and undated. II. Charters and Legal Documents, circa 1449-1670. III. Other Papers, 1725-2000 and undated.
Extent
2.5 Linear Feet (6 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Latin
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The Dickins Family Papers contains correspondence, writings, legal documents, and other papers relating to Rachel Dickins, Thomas Eden Dickins, and other members of the Dickins family, as well as diaries, poetry, and a collection of fifteenth through seventeenth century charters with seals. Other materials in the collection relate to James Bean, an assistant paymaster with the East India Company in the Philippines in 1764, Captain William Wilkinson, a financial agent to Sir George Hay, and Wallace of Craigie, a descendant of William Wallace. Also included are genealogical charts linking the Dickins family to Pocahontas through her marriage to John Rolfe, and twentieth century documents concerning family history.
Biographical / Historical
The Dickins family lived in Oxfordshire and Warwickshire, England, and included Rachel Dickins (-1761) of Suffolk; Thomas Eden Dickins (1832-1857), 2nd Lieutenant of Artillery in the East India Company; Colonel Francis E.A. Dickins (1827-1912), a merchant in India; Reverend Charles Dickins (1829-1917); William Dickins (1795-1885), a barrister; and W.P. Dickins (active 1899).
Processing Information
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This collection received a basic level of processing, including rehousing and minimal organization.
Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are often based on those provided by the creator or previous custodian. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, folder titles are supplied by staff during initial processing.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- Bean, James, active 1794
- British East India Company
- Conveyances
- Craigie family
- Diaries
- Dickins family
- Dickins, Charles, Reverend, 1829-1917
- Dickins, Francis E.A., Colonel, 1827-1912
- Dickins, Lucy, active 1825-1853
- Dickins, Rachel, -1761
- Dickins, Thomas Eden, 1832-1857
- Dickins, W.P., active 1899
- Dickins, William, 1795-1885
- East India Company
- Ellis family
- England -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
- Family histories
- Family papers
- Genealogy
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Description and travel
- Great Britain -- Commerce -- India
- Hay, Thomas, active 1705-1750
- Imperialism
- Indentures
- India -- Commerce -- Great Britain
- Jammu and Kashmir (India)
- Legal documents
- Letters (correspondence)
- Merchants -- India
- Personal journals
- Poetry
- Real property
- Receipts (financial records) -- Great Britain -- 18th century
- Receipts (financial records) -- Great Britain -- 19th century
- Recipes
- Rolfe, John, 1585-1622
- Wallace, William, Sir, -1305
- Wilkinson, William, Captain
- Title
- Guide to the Dickins family papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- by Emily Komornik
- Date
- November 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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Location
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New Haven, CT 06511
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