Call Number:

MC.975.03.035

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.06 linear ft. (4 volumes)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

The Shoemaker commonplace books (HC.MC.975.03.035), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1794-1839 (inclusive)

Creator:

Shoemaker, Margaret Wood

Form:

Commonplace books

Abstract:

The commonplace books of the Shoemaker family include advice, reflections, excerpts of letters, prose, poetry, and excerpts organized by topic, including matrimony, happiness, pleasure, and character.

Margaret Shoemaker (1775-1842) was born on September 5, 1775, in New Jersey, the daughter of William Wood. She married Charles Shoemaker in 1803, and the couple had eight children: Elizabeth Shoemaker (1804-1807), Mary Shoemaker (1805-1806), Isaac Shoemaker (1807-1873), Elizabeth R. Shoemaker (1809-1855), John W. Shoemaker (1810-1878), Charles H. Shoemaker (1812-1897), Anna S. Shoemaker (1814-1885), and Margaretta Shoemaker (1817-1900). Margaret Shoemaker died 1842, aged 67.

Elizabeth R. Shoemaker (1809-1855) was born March 5, 1809, in Shoemakertown, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Charles and Margaret Shoemaker. She married Abraham Taylor on August 20, 1848, and the couple had three children: Margaret Wood Taylor (1849-1857), Charles S. Taylor (1850-1940), and Sarah Merritt Taylor (1853-1947). Elizabeth Shoemaker Taylor died on October 20, 1855.

This collection is comprised of four volumes of the commonplace books of various members of the Shoemaker family, including Margaret Wood Shoemaker and Elizabeth Shoemaker. The volumes include advice, reflections, excerpts of letters, prose, poetry, and excerpts organized by topic, including matrimony, happiness, pleasure, and character.