Papers, 1636-1892 (inclusive), 1770-1870 (bulk).

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Papers, 1636-1892 (inclusive), 1770-1870 (bulk).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232007652

Collection includes family correspondence (particularly letters from Abigail Adams, 1784-1818), business papers, receipts, notes, copybooks, and writings; reel 4, containing Joseph Barlow Felt papers, is not at the Schlesinger Library.

3 reels.

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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SNAC Resource ID: 7095854

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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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...

Shaw, William Smith, 1778-1826

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Felt, Abigail Adams Shaw, 1790-1859

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Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw, 1750-1815

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