Letters to Elizabeth S. Shriver, 1814 - 1838
Dates
- 1814 - 1838
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Extent
From the Collection: 46.75 Linear Feet (52 boxes (43 full Hollinger boxes and 9 flat boxes))
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the Shriver family primarily at their residence built in Union Mills, Maryland in 1797 and lived in continuously until the 1950s. The majority of the papers concern the Shrivers' economic and political involvement in Frederick County and, later, Carroll County. Many of the records concern flour milling, tannery, banks, post office, politics (primarily from the late eighteenth century until the Civil War), and education and social life at the Homestead. There are many references to the immediate surrounding region including York, Hanover, Gettysburg, all in Pennsylvania, and Frederick, Westminster, Baltimore City, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. A number of the family members -- primarily David Shriver, Jr., James Shriver, Joseph Shriver, and Thomas Shriver -- were involved in civil engineering projects in the early nineteenth century; these projects included the National Road, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Of special interest is the involvement of the Shrivers with the German populace in Western Maryland and Pennsylvania and the numerous diaries maintained by family members at Union Mills from 1824 to 1944; principal diarists include Andrew K. Shriver, Henry Wirt Shriver, Frederick Austin Shriver, and Louis E. Shriver.
Overall, the Shriver Family Papers are an essential collection for the political, economic and social history of Maryland in the Middle Period. Moreover, the richness and size of the collections provide an excellent opportunity for the study of family history.
Creator
- From the Collection: Shriver, Andrew, 1762-1847 (Person)
- From the Collection: Shriver, David, 1735-1826 (Person)
- From the Collection: Shriver, David, 1769-1852 (Person)
- From the Collection: Shultz, John, 1738-1820 (Person)
- From the Collection: Shriver, Elizabeth Shultz, 1766-1839 (Person)
- From the Collection: Shriver, John Schultz, 1788-1855 (Person)
- From the Collection: Shriver, Abraham, 1771-1848 (Person)
- From the Collection: Brengle, Lawrence, 1805-1874 (Person)
- From the Collection: Brengle, Eliza Shriver, 1799-1879 (Person)
- From the Collection: Brengle, Catharine Shriver, 1808-1832 (Person)
- From the Collection: Shriver, Thomas, 1789-1879 (Person)
- From the Collection: Schley, John, 1767-1835 (Person)
- From the Collection: Renshaw, Rebecca Shriver, 1790-1834 (Person)
- From the Collection: Renshaw, James, 1790-1864 (Person)
- From the Collection: Frey, Susanna Shriver, 1782-1862 (Person)
- From the Collection: Frey, Samuel, 1765-1823 (Person)
- From the Collection: Shriver, Thomas, 1789-1879 (Person)
- From the Collection: Shriver, Ann E. Sharp, 1791-1847 (Person)
- From the Collection: Shriver, Jacob, 1779-1841 (Person)
- From the Collection: Spangler, Matilda Shriver, 1792-1848 (Person)
- From the Collection: Spangler, Col. Michael H. , 1791-1834 (Person)
- From the Collection: Spangler, Augustus D., 1815-1849 (Person)
- From the Collection: Shriver, Isaac, 1777-1856 (Person)
- From the Collection: Shriver, Joseph, 1806-1886 (Person)
- From the Collection: Shriver, Henrietta Jane Causten, 1814-1863 (Person)
- From the Collection: Shriver, James, 1794-1826 (Person)
- From the Collection: Shriver, William, 1796-1879 (Person)
- From the Collection: Shriver, Andrew Keiser, 1802-1884 (Person)
- From the Collection: Steiger, Anna Maria Shriver, 1808-1832 (Person)
- From the Collection: Steiger, William Tell, 1801-1888 (Person)
- From the Collection: Shriver, Joseph Alexis, 1872-1951 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750
specialcollections@mdhistory.org