Summary | Correspondence,
writings, copybooks, genealogical materials, reports, and other papers relating
to the Shaw, Smith, Adams, and Felt (Felts) families. Central to the collection
is the correspondence of Abigail Adams with her sister, Elizabeth Smith Shaw
Peabody, and with Elizabeth Peabody's children, Abigail Adams Shaw Felt and
William Smith Shaw. Includes sermons and other papers of Joseph Barlow Felt
relating to New England; state laws; practices regulating religious fasts and
feasts, especially Thanksgiving; court records; and Salem, Massachusetts, town
records. Also includes papers of Felt's nephew, Joseph Barlow Felt
Osgood. |
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