Shaw Family Papers 1636-1892 (bulk 1770-1870)

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Shaw Family Papers 1636-1892 (bulk 1770-1870)

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012103

Correspondence, writings, copybooks, genealogical materials, reports, and other papers relating to the Shaw, Smith, Adams, and Felt (Felts) families. Central to the collection is the correspondence of Abigail Adams with her sister, Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, and with Elizabeth Peabody's children, Abigail Adams Shaw Felt and William Smith Shaw. Includes sermons and other papers of Joseph Barlow Felt relating to New England; state laws; practices regulating religious fasts and feasts, especially Thanksgiving; court records; and Salem, Massachusetts, town records. Also includes papers of Felt's nephew, Joseph Barlow Felt Osgood.

650 items; 4 containers; 1.6 linear feet; 4 microfilm reels

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Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6357543

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

Related Entities

There are 21 Entities related to this resource.

Osgood, Joseph Barlow Felt, b. 1823.

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Shaw family.

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Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw, 1790-1859.

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Adams family.

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Smith family.

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Felts family.

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New England Historic Genealogical Society

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Adams family (Quincy, Mass.)

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In 1720, John Adams Sr. purchased a farm in what is now Quincy, Massachusetts. He was the father of the second U.S. President, John Adams Jr., and grandfather of the sixth President, John Quincy Adams....

Shaw family

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Shaw family members include Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, a sister of Abigail Smith Adams, wife of President John Adams. Shaw, who later married Stephen Peabody, was mother of William Smith Shaw, who served as secretary to John Adams, and of Abigail Adams Shaw Felt, who married Joseph Barlow Felt, a minister and antiquarian. From the description of Papers, 1636-1892 (inclusive), 1770-1870 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007652 ...

Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818

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Hailed for her now-famous admonition that the Founding Fathers “remember the ladies” in their new laws, Abigail Adams was not only an early advocate for women’s rights, she was a vital confidant and advisor to her husband John Adams, the nation’s second president. She opposed slavery and supported women’s education. Born to a prominent family in Weymouth, Massachusetts on November 11, 1744, Adams’ father, Reverend William Smith, was part of a prestigious ministerial community within the Congr...

Felts family.

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Felt, Joseph B. (Joseph Barlow), 1789-1869

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Smith family.

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Shaw, William Smith, 1778-1826

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Cranch, Mary Smith, 1741-1811

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Fox, John, 1805-1884

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Politician and South Carolina legislator, from Lexington (Lexington Co.), S.C. From the description of John Fox papers, 1784-1892. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19562243 From the guide to the John Fox Papers, 1784-1892, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) Politician and legislator of Lexington (S.C.) From the description of John Fox papers, 1784-1910 [microform]. (University of South Carolina). World...

Woburn (Mass.)

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Felt, Abigail Adams Shaw, 1790-1859

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Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw, 1750-1815

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