Shaw family
Family
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Robert Hill papers
Collection — Othertype SC-057
Identifier: SFHL-SC-057
Abstract
This collection includes wills and deeds of Robert Hill and pages from a family record which document the births and deaths of the Hill, Shaw, and Wright families.
Dates:
1835-1845
Shaw Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-188
Abstract
Accounts, correspondence, indentures, and family papers which relate to the descendents of Samuel Shaw (1710-1781), Quaker farmer of Richland, Pennsylvania, and related families including Hill, Heacock, Foulke, and Rawlings. Some of his descendents moved to Ohio and Indiana. Letters from family members in Ohio give details of daily life and customs of Quaker families and sense of the hardships endured on the frontier.
Dates:
1737-1890
Truman-Shaw collected silhouettes , 1806 - 1850
Series
Identifier: SFHL-PA-033E
Abstract
Hollow cut silhouettes pasted onto pages of a copybook. The lettering practice workbook is autographed Jane Trumans Book, and some copy poetry is signed by Sarah Shaw, 1806. The album includes silhouettes of members of the Truman and Shaw families of Philadelphia as well as other figures of the day including George Washington. Some are imprinted with the Peale MUSUM stamp. An additional 56 silhouettes mounted on 7 pages of black paper are associated family members, including children of...
Dates:
1806 - 1850
