George Shoemaker Record Books 1841-1856

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George Shoemaker Record Books 1841-1856

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/s/shoemaker_g.htm

Flour inspector for the Port of Georgetown. Collection contains three inspection record books and one scrapbook of receipts and recipes compiled by Shoemaker.

0.5 linear ft.

eng,

Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 6362680

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Shoemaker, George, 1792-1865

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George Shoemaker (1792-1865) was Deputy Flour inspector and then Flour Inspector of Washington, DC for 48 years. His diligence in this capacity helped make the Georgetown flour trade well-respected and popular. (See William Tindall's Standard History of the City of Washington from a Study of the Original Sources, p. 234.) From the guide to the George Shoemaker Record Books, 1841-1856, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...