Abstract

This collection contains correspondence between members of the Dashiell family, Reverend Erastus Franklin Dashiell, his wife, Caroline Elizabeth Hull Dashiell, and her parents, Daniel and Caroline Hull, as well as documents from Rev. Dashiell’s studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.

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...