Deeds, accounts, and correspondence, 1774 - 1801

Earliest documents (1774-75, 1778, 1783) are miscellaneous deeds and accounts. Letter of Andrew Shriver to his father, David Shriver, Sr., for advice regarding his marriage to Elizabeth Shultz, 1785. Letter of William Deakins, Jr. of Georgetown, Maryland, to Andrew Shriver to buy land along the Monocacy River to profit from the canal being built at the Great Falls, 1793. A few letters from David Shriver, Jr. while serving in the militia (1794-95) and discussing his trip to Kentucky (1796). Records about the building of the Homestead at Union Mills in 1797-98. Starting in 1801 a considerable amount of correspondence discussing politics in Frederick County, especially the election of Jefferson and the performance of the Republican party; correspondents include Daniel Clarke, Jr., Benjamin Farquhar, Roger Nelson, and Abraham, Andrew, and David Shriver, Sr. Letters also comment on road construction in the county. A series of letters from Finley and Taylor of Baltimore about the flour market there.