Box 4

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Shipley, Mary P Letter to “Dear Hannah.” Anglesea, 7mo. 26, 1881.

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Shoemaker, Arnold Agreement with John Shoemaker about water rights. Cheltenham, 4mo. 2, 1755.

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Shoemaker, Charles H (Folder 1) 22 items. Letters mostly to brother Isaac, Cincinnati. Mainly from Cheltenham, 1844-1848.

[Largely concerned with family business; 1846-47 letters describe falling off of milling business, due to increased competition in grain growing and cheaper shipping from West. Also description of courtship of Elizabeth Shoemaker by Abraham Taylor, 1848. Letter of Feb. 12, 1847, mentions confinement of brother-in-law, Morgan Hinchman, in Friends Asylum]

Scope and Contents Shoemaker, Charles H. (Folder 2) 20 items. Letters to Isaac Shoemaker. Cheltenham, and Richmond, Ind., 1849-1850, 1862-1864.[Letters of 7th and 8th mo., 1849, describe epidemic in Phil., Bucks County, Pa., and Cincinnati, which took life of Anne Shoemaker, wife of James (?) Shoemaker. Letters of 7mo. 29 and 10mo. 15, 1849, tell of brother John's journey to California, in the gold rush. Letter of 2mo. 14, 1850, mentions westward thrust of railroads. (Gap of 12 years between...

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Shoemaker, Isaac (Folder 1) 17items. Letters to various people. Cincinnati, etc., 1844-1859.

[Letter to sisters, Margaretta S. Hinchman and Elizabeth S., 8mo. 5, 1845, gives interesting description of a Hoosier]

Scope and Contents Shoemaker, Isaac (Folder 2) ca. 23 items. California, Cincinnati, Vicksburg, Illawarra, New Orleans, etc., 1862-1867.[Letters from Big Tree Grove, Calaveras Co., Cal., July 20- Aug. 4, 1862, tell of visit to Yosemite Valley, with sketches, including sketch of a pair of skis.]Letters from San Francisco: --Aug. 18, 1862, [describes mining region] --Aug. 19, 1862, [includes sketch of ferris wheel and merry-go-round, and group of Chinese people; also remarks on healthful...

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Shoemaker, Isaac. (Folder 3) 13 items, 1869-1871.

Letter, Bowlesville, Ill., [May 19, 1869, mentions completion of Pacific Railroad, May 10, 1869; also speaks of orderly disbanding of the armies, after Civil War]

Letter, Salt Lake City, 7mo. 23, 1771, [detailed description of city and life there]

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Shoemaker, Isaac. (Folder 4) 1842-1866. 27 items, Business papers: Power of Attorney, from Isaac to Charles H. Shoemaker. Will, Oct. 21, 1842, Feb. 16, 1855. [Largely concerned with grocery business, meat shipments and sales, etc.]

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Shoemaker, Isaac (nephew of Isaac above) Letter to [cousin?] Charlie. Beechwood, 6mo. 7, 1864. Note: [Signed “Ikey.”]

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Shoemaker, John, 1764-1817. Death notices and memorial Testimony about him, from Abington Monthly Meeting. 4 items.