John Hannibal Sheppard papers, 1791-1873.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

John Hannibal Sheppard papers, 1791-1873.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63823280

Consists of correspondence, diaries, account books, and other papers written or received by John Sheppard (ca. 1767-1807), a Hallowell, Maine, merchant and shipmaster, his wife, their seven children, and the wives and descendants of their oldest son, John Hannibal Sheppard. Includes John Sheppard's business and personal correspondence concerning his activities in the East Indies, West Indies, and Europe; letters and household accounts of his wife, Sarah Collier Sheppard (d.1818) and daughters, Harriet Helen (1791-1817), Frances (d.1814), Ann Augusta (d.1824), and Sarah Louisa (1806-1833), who jointly operated a school for children at Hallowell, Portland, and Wiscasset, Maine, after their father's death; and correspondence and travel journals of two other Sheppard children, George Albert (1792-1834) and William Wallace (1807-1835). The largest group of materials comprise the papers of John Hannibal Sheppard (1789-1873), a lawyer and writer active at Hallowell and Wiscasset, Maine, and Boston, Mass. These items include letters received or written by Sheppard, chiefly concerning family matters, between 1834-1846, the settlement of his father-in-law, Abiel Wood's, estate, his diaries, original essays and poems, and an account book.

4 linear ft.

New England Historic Genealogical Society

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7903793

New England Historic Genealogical Society

Related Entities

There are 17 Entities related to this resource.

Vaughan, Sarah, 1784-1847

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r60frz (person)

Daughter of Benjamin Vaughan (1751-1835) and Sarah Manning Vaughan (1754-1834). ...

Sheppard, George Albert, 1792-1834.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60g6xqh (person)

Page, Sarah Louisa Sheppard, 1806-1833.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6962w5f (person)

Sewall, Helen Wood Sheppard, 1820-1862.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kq05k1 (person)

Freemasons

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gj7p7r (corporateBody)

Sheppard, Frances, d. 1814.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6md1216 (person)

Sheppard, John, ca. 1767-1807.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67104m2 (person)

Sheppard, John Hannibal, 1822-1870.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61r8t9q (person)

Wood, Abiel, 1722-1834.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60p32q3 (person)

Sheppard, J. H. (John Hannibal), 1789-1873

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62j8648 (person)

Lawyer, librarian, and author, of Wiscasset, Me., and Boston, Mass. From the description of Edmund Flagg, ca. 1870. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 438949590 John Hannibal Sheppard was born 17 March 1789 Cirencester, England. The Sheppard family came to the U.S. in 1791 and settled at Hallowell, ME. He attended Hallowell Academy and started at Harvard but left in 1806 to enter law firm of Wilde & Bond. He was admitted to the bar in 1810. John remo...

Sheppard, Helen Wood, d. 1843.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t74n3d (person)

Sheppard, Sarah Collier, d. 1818.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cc331v (person)

Sheppard, Harriet Helen, 1791-1817.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6253mfk (person)

Shepard family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69w9v27 (family)

Theobald, Ann Augusta Sheppard, d. 1824.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bs0vnq (person)

Sheppard, William Wallace, 1807-1833.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c55qfc (person)

Sheppard, Abiel Wood, 1827-1864

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h43tm0 (person)