Shoemaker, Augusta Chambers Eccleston, 1833-1907

Abstract

The Shoemaker-Eccleston Collection consists of correspondence, notes, and receipts mainly relating to the wealthy benefactress Augusta Chambers Eccleston Shoemaker (1833-1907) and her father, John Bowers Eccleston (1794-1860), Maryland Court of Appeals Judge from 1851 to 1860.

Abstract This large collection of material relating to the Shoemaker Family of Baltimore County, Maryland includes: a large amount of personal correspondence to and from various members of the Shoemaker family, 1838-48; business papers relating to the Adams Express Co., Dinsmore and Kyle Company, the Walker-Gordon Company, and the Deder Electric Company, receipted bills, 1853-1933, information pertaining to the Burnside Farm and cattle production there, materials regarding the Shoemakers' interest in...

Abstract

The collection consists of cards and invitations collected by the Shoemaker family of Baltimore. The Shoemaker family gained local and national notoriety as partners and owners in the Adams Express Company.

Abstract This collection relates chiefly to the Shoemaker family of Baltimore, Maryland. While there are some business papers related to the Adams Express Company and various financial receipts and land documents, most of the collection is comprised of correspondence between the various members of the Shoemaker family. For the most part the correspondence is personal in nature and consists chiefly of family news exchanged between members of the Shoemaker clan (including related Ecclestons and...