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Howland-Shearman Family Correspondence,
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-303
Overview
The collection is composed of correspondence of the family of David Sands Shearman and his wife, Hepsa Hathaway Howland Shearman of New Bedford, Massachusetts, and Poughkeepsie, New York. The Shearman and Howlands were prominent New England Quaker merchant and whaling families, intertwined by business and marriage. Much of the correspondence is directed to Hepsa, largely from her children who pursued a range of careers. Early correspondence is with her husband Captain David Sands...
Dates:
1800 - 1916; Majority of material found within 1832 - 1899
Rodman-Rotch Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-132
Overview
The Rodman and Rotch families were New England Quakers. Samuel Rodman (1753-1835) married Elizabeth Rotch (1757-1856) in 1780. He was a successful Nantucket and New Bedford, Massachusetts, whaling merchant and clerk of New England Yearly Meeting. Elizabeth (Rotch) Rodman was a birthright member of the Society of Friends, also from a family involved in the whaling business, and active in philanthropic and reform causes. They had nine children. The Rodmans and Rotches were closely intertwined...
Dates:
1763-1865
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- Barrow, Robert, -1697 1
- Cadwallader, Priscilla, 1786-1859 1
- Kimber, Thomas, 1825-1890 1
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- Rotch, William, 1734-1828 1
- Shearman, Alice Delano, 1840-1931 1
- Shearman, David Sands, 1802-1852 1
- Shearman, Henry F. (Henry Franklin Shearman), 1842-1922 1
- Shearman, Hepsa Hathway Howland, 1806-1892 1
- Shearman, Joseph Tucker, 1834-1894 1
- Shearman, Mary Eliza (Mary Eliza Shearman Kimber), 1838-1921 1
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