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Tracts relating to natural history. : By James Edward Smith
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
The three James William Smith letters are addressed to his brother J. Edward Smith. The first letter, dated August 4, 1842, was written during his voyage to Hawaii on the brig "Sarah Abigail" and describes his journey thus far. The other letters are from 1845 and discuss the Hawaiian government and politics; a land scheme related to Peter Allen Brinsmade and Ladd & Co.; Koloa, Hawaii; fellow Christian missionaries on the island; King Kamehameha III; and Albert F. Judd. Also included is an albumen print of James William Smith dated 1873
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James Edward Glazier's Civil War experience is reflected in his letters to his parents, brother Charles, and friend Annie G. Monroe. He details his training in Annapolis, Maryland, Burnside's Expedition to the Carolinas, and his work in the hospital. A letter from his brother Ezra deals with religious aspects of the Civil War. In his diaries after the Civil War, Glazier writes about farming on the Pacific Coast from 1868 to 1882, his work, expenses, family news, social life, including Fourth of July celebrations, tent revivals, and the reunion of the 23rd Massachusetts Regiment in 1888.
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This collection consists primarily of correspondence and covers all aspects of James M. Smith's family and business life. As such there is considerable correspondence from fellow Buffalo lawyers seeking opinions on legal issues and regarding financial matters such as those dealing with banks, real property, and real estate investment. Among the family correspondence there is a great deal from Smith's father, Harvey Douglass Smith, as well as letters describing the family trip to Europe in 1878. Of particular interest are Smith's notes on the self-appointment of Samuel Cheever (1787-1874) as Albany district attorney in 1837. The breadth and detailed nature of the correspondence represented in this collection illuminates the social life and customs, as well as the church history of Erie County and Buffalo
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