Correspondence, 1819 - 1820

Mostly family correspondence with letters principally from Thomas Shriver of Sandy Mount, William Shriver of Union Mills, and John S. Shriver of Baltimore to their father Andrew Shriver, mainly when he was in Baltimore. A large number of letters written by Andrew back to these sons, their commenting on strictly family news, business transactions, and occasionally on events in their neighborhoods. Some of Andrew's letters comment on politics; there are letters from Roger B. Taney, 1819, and Henry R. Warfield, 1820, and letters to Samuel Smith and Warfield. Some mention Andrew's attempts to gain positions for his sons; he writes to Samuel Smith in an effort to have John S. Shriver appointed to the Insolvency Commission created by the new bankruptcy law and for James on the National Road. Also an interesting letter from James Shriver in 1819 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, describing work on the National Road and life in western Pennsylvania. A memorandum book, May 1820, of Andrew Shriver.