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Case of Captain Thomas Smith. : Late commander of the Nightingal, now a prisoner in Newgate
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
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San Marino, CA 91108
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ESTC S121815 ; Verse - "True preachers which God liketh well,"
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Personal correspondence of Thomas Kilby Smith, chiefly his letters to his mother Eliza Bicker Walter Smith, wife Elizabeth Budd McCullough Smith, and son George Walter Smith. The letters document Smith's life and career from the late 1840's to the 1890s, including his pre-war law practice, his work in Washington, D.C. Civil War service, tenure as the U.S. consul in Panama, and his travels, including the voyage from Panama by way of San Francisco in 1867, and a trip to London in 1881. Also included is a typescript copy of Smith's autobiographical notes dated November 30, 1864, and a draft of his letter to William Tecumseh Sherman, December 1887.
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Bonacca Island was described by the U.S. Hydrographic Office in 1890 in The navigation of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Based on that description and satellite photographs from NASA, this island has been identified with Isla de Guanaja. "Soundings in fathoms." "Cay No. IX: 16°16'45" N., 85°52'45" W." "H.W.F. & C. IXth Om. Rise 18 inches." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.
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