Letters : concerning Robert Gould Shaw, 1863-1864.

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Letters : concerning Robert Gould Shaw, 1863-1864.

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Concerns Francis Shaw's grief and arrangements for various property and other items after the death of Robert Gould Shaw.

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Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863

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Shaw was born in Boston to abolitionists Francis George and Sarah Blake (Sturgis) Shaw, who were well-known Unitarian philanthropists and intellectuals of Scottish descent. The Shaws had the benefit of a large inheritance left by Shaw's merchant grandfather and namesake Robert Gould Shaw (1775–1853). Shaw had four sisters—Anna, Josephine (Effie), Susanna, and Ellen (Nellie). When Shaw was five years old, the family moved to a large estate in West Roxbury, adjacent to Brook Farm. During his te...

Shaw, Francis George, 1809-1882

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Stone, Dr.,

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