Shriver, Abraham, 1771-1848

The Shriver collection consists of daybooks, ledgers, cash books, and other accounts of the Shriver family businesses at Union Mills, Carroll County, Maryland (flour milling, saw millings, tanning, stores at Petersburgh and Big Pipe Creek). A majority of the collection is comprised of correspondence between the various members of the Shriver family concerning business and family happenings.

This collection consists primarily of correspondence between the various members of the Shriver family, 1712-1876. The letters reflect land affairs, business topics, and family news.

This collection of Shriver family papers focuses mainly on the correspondence of David Shriver Sr., David Shriver Jr., Abraham Shriver, and James Shriver of Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Topics generally focus on Maryland politics, business, and engineering projects on roads and canals.