04415cpcaa2200673 4500 mm 75039610 DLC 20260227111616.0 cr ||||||||||| 751105|||||||||||| eng mm 75039610 ms 64001564 DLC dacs DLC DLC C lcmd Shaw family papers, 1636-1892 (bulk 1770-1870). 650 items. 4 containers. 4 microfilm reels. 1.6 linear feet. Open to research. 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 (1784-1818) of Abigail Adams with her sister, Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, and with Elizabeth Peabody's children, Abigail Adams Shaw Felt and William Smith Shaw. Also includes correspondence of Elizabeth Peabody with her sister, Mary Smith Cranch; sermons and other papers (1822-1832) of Joseph B. Felt relating to New England; papers (1817-1892) of Felt's nephew, Joseph B.F. Osgood; material on state laws and practices regulating religious fasts and feasts, especially Thanksgiving; papers pertaining to ecclesiastical history including theological trends such as antinomianism and Arminianism; records (1849-1852) of the New England Historic Genealogical Society; court records (1731-1733) of the case of Woburn, Mass. vs. Rev. John Fox; Salem town records (1636-1820); and a review of manuscripts (1622-1782) concerning American colonies in the London State Paper Office. Microfilm edition available, no. 16,453. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1975. Families represented include the Shaw, Smith, Adams, and Felt (Felts) families. Members represented include Abigail (Smith) Adams (Mrs. John Adams); her sister Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody; Elizabeth Peabody's children, Abigail Adams Shaw Felt and William Smith Shaw, secretary to John Adams; Rev. Joseph B. Felt, antiquarian and husband of Abigail Adams Shaw; and his nephew Joseph B.F. Osgood. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012103 Genealogical guide to names represented in the Shaw family papers is available for use in the Manuscript Division Reading Room and at http://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/f-aids/ms012103.appx.pdf Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818 Correspondence. Cranch, Mary Smith, 1741-1811 Correspondence. Felt, Abigail Adams Shaw, 1790-1859 Correspondence. Fox, John, 1805-1884 Trials, litigation, etc. Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw, 1750-1815 Correspondence. Shaw, William Smith, 1778-1826 Correspondence. Adams family. Felts family. Shaw family. Smith family. Woburn (Mass.) Trials, litigation, etc. Antinomianism. Arminianism. Cities and towns Massachusetts. Courts Massachusetts. Fasts and feasts. Genealogy Societies, etc. Religion. Thanksgiving Day. Theology. New England Social life and customs. Salem (Mass.) History. United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Authors. itoamc Secretaries. itoamc Felt, Joseph B. (Joseph Barlow), 1789-1869. Joseph Barlow Felt papers. 1822-1832. Osgood, Joseph B. F. (Joseph Barlow Felt), 1823- Joseph B. F. Osgood papers. 1817-1892. New England Historic Genealogical Society. New England Historic Genealogical Society records. 1849-1852. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012103 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012103.3 39364 39364