Box 2

Scope and Contents Mostly business papers of Andrew Shriver while a merchant in Baltimore Town, 1787-89, and then Frederick County. Most of his business conducted with George Grundy and May and Payson, Baltimore Town merchants. Interesting items include an 1789 legal opinion by Thomas Johnson about the estate of Jacob Bankert; 1789 memorandum book of Andrew Shriver with personal and business expenses and some rough drafts of letters; a 1790 letter from Daniel Kurtz of Baltimore Town describing the collecting...