Colonel Henry Douglas Paxson
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| Born | October 1, 1862 |
| Died | January 30, 1933 (aged 70) |
| Nationality | American |
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Colonel Henry “Harry” Douglas Paxson (Oct. 1, 1862 - Jan. 30, 1933) was a lawyer, historian, and antiquarian of Philadelphia and Buckingham, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He is also known as the owner of the Lenape Stone.
He was a member of the Philadelphia and Bucks County bar associations. He was an officer of National Guard of Pennsylvania. He was a long-term member of the Bucks County Historical Society and served as vice president and director in the 1930s.[1] He was also president of the Swedish Colonial Society.He was an author of several articles of local and early American history.
From a young age Paxson was an antiquarian and historian, amassing a large collection of Native American artifacts, fossils, and other artifacts. He displayed his collection at the Bucks County Bi-Centennial Exhibition of 1882. He lived at Elm Grove, his family's ancestral estate in Holicong. Upon his death in 1933 some of his collection was bought by the Mercer Museum and the Penn Museum.
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- ↑ Bucks County Historical Society Papers [A Collection of Papers read before the Bucks County Historical Society] Vol. 6. Fackenthal Publication Fund. 1932. pp. x.
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