Important Portrait of Major Samuel Shaw (1754-94), Aide-de-camp to General Knox and first U.S. Consul to China, together with the Shaw Family Bible
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John Johnston (1753-1818), Boston, Massachusetts, 1790
Thus, the Bible passed to eldest nephew George Russell Shaw (1848-1937), a prominent Boston architect and an early patron of the Society of Arts & Crafts in that city, specializing in leatherwork and bookbinding together with his wife, Emily Mott Shaw (1848-1927). He almost certainly designed and built the accompanying leather box on chest specifically to preserve the Family Bible
John Johnston (1753-1818), Boston, Massachusetts, 1790
Thus, the Bible passed to eldest nephew George Russell Shaw (1848-1937), a prominent Boston architect and an early patron of the Society of Arts & Crafts in that city, specializing in leatherwork and bookbinding together with his wife, Emily Mott Shaw (1848-1927). He almost certainly designed and built the accompanying leather box on chest specifically to preserve the Family Bible
signed by Secretary Nathaniel Cudworth, dated 5 March 1772; one photocopy of the Shaw genealogy from A Biographical Sketch of Robert Gould Shaw (1776-1853) prepared for the New England Historic Genealogical Society of Boston
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signed by Secretary Nathaniel Cudworth, dated 5 March 1772; one photocopy of the Shaw genealogy from A Biographical Sketch of Robert Gould Shaw (1776-1853) prepared for the New England Historic Genealogical Society of Boston
