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  Luce Foundation Center for American Art: Sgt. Dixwell
This miniature is a wax relief sculpture of Epes Sargent Dixwell.
Dixwell was born in 1807 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and spent his entire life there.
In this portrait, the pale wax against the plush red velvet of the case highlights Dixwell’s dignified profile.
americanart.si.edu /luce/object.cfm?key=338&artistmedia=0&subkey=2175&object=0   (119 words)

  
  Letter from Dixwell Lathrop to John Rockwell, 11 June 1835
Letter from Dixwell Lathrop to John Rockwell, 11 June 1835
In Chicago, as in much of the Northwest Territory, the division of the land into lots for sale led to feverish land speculation.
In 1835, John Rockwell commissioned Dixwell Lathrop to purchase land in the city as an investment.
www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org /pages/11153.html   (142 words)

  
  New Haven Independent :: Dixwell
That was the main sentiment conveyed at the Wexler-Grant School in Dixwell Wednesday, where the team of police consultants, joined by a mayorally appointed panel overseeing their audit, convened to hear input on citizens' experiences with the police in the wake of the New Haven police bribery and theft scandal.
The event at the Dixwell police substation brought together people who are working hard to keep youth from getting sucked into the turf wars that killed two young bystanders last summer.
Comfort was among the crowd lining Dixwell Avenue into downtown Sunday for the annual parade that culminates a week of community clean-up and charity events.
www.newhavenindependent.org /archives/neighborhoods/dixwell   (7063 words)

  
 Attorney General: Attorney General Intervenes In Dixwell Community House Bankruptcy Proceeding To Protect Charitable ...
The Dixwell Community House - also known as the "Q House" - is a more than 80-year-old institution in the Dixwell neighborhood of New Haven that served the city's youth and families.
Blumenthal's office is working closely with a court-appointed trustee, attorney Michael J. Daly of Hamden, to ensure that the Dixwell Community House building and other assets are properly disposed of in the interest of its public charitable purpose.
His office is also working to properly identify and preserve the organization's historical documents - ensuring that they remain available for appropriate public use after the Q House is gone.
www.ct.gov /AG/cwp/view.asp?A=2426&Q=311166   (376 words)

  
 Yale Daily News - Neighborhood and city must revitalize Dixwell's streets
It's just that Dixwell is one of the last places to get plowed out in a storm, and in the morning, some streets will still be covered with a layer of packed, slick snow that makes it hard to drive.
But Dixwell's streets don't only get neglected when it snows; community members are still trying to get school zone signs up around Wexler/Grant Community School, and the neighborhood has been plagued by a rash of speeding that included a car crashing through the fence that marks the separation between the two halves of Ashmun Street.
But even if the Dixwell Community House's doors re-open, and the lights and heat are turned back on, residents should not consider their investment in Dixwell complete.
www.yaledailynews.com /articles/view/9719   (794 words)

  
 New Haven Register - Man shot in the back at Dixwell Plaza
NEW HAVEN — Bobby Jackson is a familiar face in Dixwell Plaza.
Now, police are trying to determine why someone walked up and shot him in the back in broad daylight.
Dixwell Plaza, once a ghost town of vacant storefronts, has made strides in recent years.
www.nhregister.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=15605201&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=517515&rfi=8   (515 words)

  
 Dixwell Self Storage
Conveniently located next to the Stop and Shop on Dixwell Avenue, Dixwell Self Storage is a fully sprinklered indoor facility.
If the Homepak is not right for you, Dixwell Self Storage is also a certified dealer of U-Haul truck rentals.
Come in today and find out why Dixwell Self Storage is the only self storage facility you will ever need again.
www.dixwellselfstorage.com   (322 words)

  
  MHS Wigglesworth Family Photographs II, ca. 1844-1962 : Guide to the Photograph Collection
Most of these photographs belonged to Mary Catherine Dixwell Wigglesworth and have her comments and recollections about them inscribed on the verso of the images.
Dixwell, Epes Sargent (1807-1899), and Mary Ingersoll Bowditch Dixwell (1816-1893).
Dixwell, Susan Hunt (later Miller) (1845-1924), John Dixwell (1848-1931), and their nurse, Ann Babson, ca.
www.masshist.org /findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fap016   (2785 words)

  
  John Dixwell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dixwell was condemned to death as a regicide, but escaped this punishment by fleeing to New Haven.
Dixwell was not the subject of any searches or arrest warrants, as it was believed in England that he was dead.
Dixwell died in New Haven and was buried in the Old Burying Ground behind the Center Church on New Haven Green.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Dixwell   (414 words)

  
 Biography - D - British Civil Wars, Commonwealth and Protectorate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
During the First Civil War, Dixwell was active on the Kent county committee and was a captain in the Kent militia.
Dixwell retained his seat after Pride's Purge and was nominated to the High Court of Justice to try the King.
During the Commonwealth, Dixwell was a political ally of the republicans Ludlow and Marten.
www.british-civil-wars.co.uk /biog/index_d.htm   (2953 words)

  
 JOHN Dixwell
DIXWELL, JOHN, regicide, born probably in Folkstone, Kent, England, in 1607: died in New Haven, Connecticut, 18 March 1689.
It appears that he was a man of estate, and was descended from a family long prominent in Kent and Warwickshire.
In the revolution of 1640 he espoused the popular cause, was a colonel in the parliamentary army, a member of four parliaments, thrice in the council, and also one of the court that tried and condemned Charles I. After the Restoration he and his associates were condemned to death, but Dixwell escaped to America.
www.famousamericans.net /johndixwell   (376 words)

  
 The Art Fund - Sir Basil Dixwell
Sir Basil Dixwell (1665 - 1750), aged 15, is depicted wearing a Roman style costume, which was then in fashion.
Sir Dixwell inherited the baronetcy of the second foundation at the age of 3, together with Broome Park, near Canterbury.
Sir Basil was the last of the Dixwells to live at Broome Park and was the last holder of the baronetcy which became extinct at his death.
www.artfund.org /artwork/9250/sir-basil-dixwell   (165 words)

  
 1900 Ward 1, Davenport,  Scott, Iowa Census   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Dixwell Street 1916 66 74 Bock Marie Wife W F Oct 1851 48 M 31 5 3 Germany Germany Germany 1884 16.
Dixwell Street 1928 70 78 Davidson Elma Wife W F Nov 1876 33 M 2 1 1 Germany Germany Germany 1881 19.
Dixwell Street 1928 71 79 Jacob John Head W M May 1863 37 M 12.
www.celticcousins.net /scott/1900ward13c.htm   (6190 words)

  
 New Haven Oral History Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Charles Twyman on Redevelopment in the Dixwell Neighborhood
Charles Twyman grew up in the Dixwell neighborhood during the 1920s, a member of the small African American community in New Haven that would grow tremendously in the 1940s.
When Dixwell was slated for redevelopment, Twyman became chairman of the Dixwell Renewal Committee.
research.yale.edu /nhohp/content/node?page=2   (309 words)

  
 The Yale Herald - October 27, 2006 - How Yale won the hearts and minds of Dixwell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
That was the verdict rendered Mon., Oct. 16, when the New Haven Board of Aldermen voted to cede three streets in Dixwell near Science Hill to Yale in exchange for $10 million in infrastructure improvements and another $250,000 to repair the neighborhood’s Scantlebury Park.
As all Yale students—and their parents—know, New Haven and the Dixwell area in particular was still notorious for their high crime rates in the early ’90s.
Though he acknowledged that Dixwell has been the major recipient of Yale’s munificence, Morand maintained this was purely a consequence of Dixwell’s proximity to the campus.
www.yaleherald.com /article.php?Article=4969   (1205 words)

  
 Yale Daily News - Salon and restaurant help improve Dixwell
DeStefano, who spoke at the event, said it was inspiring to see thriving businesses emerge on Dixwell Avenue, an area that has suffered from economic inactivity in the past.
He said the revitalization effort at Dixwell Plaza is important because empty storefronts are discouraging for residents.
Sidi said he hoped to serve as a partner to future small businesses in the area and said he encourages potential entrepreneurs to talk to him if they are interested in starting a business in the neighborhood.
yaledailynews.com /article.asp?AID=26865   (617 words)

  
 Dancing The Voice Of The People - Urban Bush Women's Dixwell - Brief Article Dance Magazine - Find Articles
When Dixwell, a piece created by Urban Bush Women in collaboration with Connecticut's Dixwell community, premiered at New Haven's International Festival of Arts and Ideas, the audience was nearly as vocal as the performers.
The company performed Dixwell at New Haven's Southern Connecticut State University, portraying the evolution of a local neighborhood that played a prominent role in the emergence of jazz and which protested against urban renewal projects in the later part of the last century.
The scene was a vision of Dixwell's future, a vision of energy, strength, and unity.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1083/is_10_75/ai_78681569   (687 words)

  
 Map of 2661 Dixwell Ave Hamden, CT by MapQuest
Map of 2661 Dixwell Ave Hamden, CT by MapQuest
MapQuest found a similar location for "2661 dixwell st, hamden, CT".
Get a map of 2661 Dixwell Ave, Hamden, CT 06518-3304, New Haven County, US
www.mapquest.com /maps/map.adp?city=hamden&state=CT&address=2661+dixwell+st&zip=06518&country=us&zoom=6   (68 words)

  
 New Haven and Yale Propose Agreement for $10,250,000 of University-Funded Civic Improvements and Assemblage of Campus ...
This agreement will be of tremendous direct benefit to the Dixwell, Newhallville and Prospect Hill neighborhoods, the broader community as they use the upgraded infrastructure, parkland and trailway, and the City’s bottom line.
The University will also contribute $250,000 to the City for the expansion of Scantlebury Park in the Dixwell neighborhood, adding to a previous contribution of $250,000 made last year by Yale to the same project.
The development of Scantlebury Park is a high priority for Dixwell and Yale’s help is a blessing,” said the Rev. Drew King, Aldermen of the 22nd Ward in Dixwell.
www.yale.edu /opa/newsr/06-08-02-01.all.html   (897 words)

  
 Dixwell Stillman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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