Shoemaker, Albert E.

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence among the Shoemaker family and their Temperance Movement associates. Much of the correspondence revolves around their Temperance work, family matters, local affairs, and Albert E. Shoemakers time at Georgetown Law School.

See the External Documents section below for a detailed inventory to the collection.

Scope and Contents The collection primarily deals with family-related matters of the Eid, Brown, and Shoemaker families. The materials relate to the history of the 19th century Washington D.C. area, specifically Tenleytown, Friendship Heights, and west Chevy Chase, Maryland. See the External Documents section below for a detailed inventory to the collection.The Eid family materials includes deeds, plats, bills of exchange, and indentures from the 1830s to the 1860s. It also includes an undated bill...