Shaw, Sarah Blake Sturgis, 1815-1902.

Sarah Shaw was the wife of Francis George Shaw, a prominent philanthropist and reformer of Boston and West Roxbury, Mass., and Staten Island, N.Y. The Shaws were the parents of Robert Gould Shaw, Civil War soldier and colonel of the first black regiment to serve with the Union Army.

From the description of Letters to Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw from various correspondents, 1838-1880. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612365572

From the guide to the Letters to Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw from various correspondents, 1838-1880., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)

Sarah Blake Shaw was the wife of philanthropist, social reformer, and abolitionist, Francis George Shaw (1809-1882) and the mother of Robert Gould Shaw (1837-1863), colonel of the all-black 54th Massachusetts Regiment. Her son died at the age of 26 at Fort Wagner, South Carolina, and was immortalized in a statue by Augustus John of him leading his troops. She and her husband were friends to a host of writers and reformers including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Ralph Waldo Emerson.

From the description of Letter to Walter Cowing, 1892 September 22. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 61113308