Andrew Shriver papers, 1813 - 1815

Mostly business papers of Andrew Shriver. The main correspondents to him are John Shultz, 1813-15; Thomas Shriver, 1813-15, now in York, Pennsylvania and mainly discussing the marketing of lumber; John S. Shriver, 1813-15, the most prolific of the writers, whose letters discuss general commercial conditions of Baltimore; and James Shriver, 1815, sending news from Union Mills while his father, Andrew, was on a business excursion to Baltimore. A number of items, including several printed circulars and pamphlets, related to a formation of a Westminster branch of the Commercial and Farmers Bank of Baltimore in 1814. A profusion of comments concerning the War of 1812. Scattered throughout John S. Shriver's letters in 1813-14 are descriptions of war conditions in Baltimore and British movements in the Chesapeake Bay. Several letters of Samuel Smith, 1814-15 and Alexander McKim, 1815, comment on such events, notably on the Treaty of Ghent. Some discussions on politics although not as detailed and numerous as in earlier years. The most important of letters on this subject are from Abraham Shriver discussing the establishment of a Republican newspaper in Frederick and the formation of central committees.