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Sydney Smith letters
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Sydney Smith letters
Manuscripts
A collection of family letters written by Sydney Smith to his father Robert Smith, his sister Maria Smith, and one letter to Rev. C. Dives. There is an additional letter from their brother Courtenay Smith to Robert Smith. The letters deal with family and financial matters, as well as social and current events.
mssHM 30411-30471
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Joseph Smith, Jr. letter to Oliver Granger
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Letter from Joseph Smith to Oliver Granger written from Nauvoo, Illinois. Smith writes of not receiving Granger's previous letters and that their content may have changed the "proceeding of [the] last Conference." He writes that they thought it "advisable to appoint someone to preside in Kirtland," and asks Granger to join Brother Babbit in the work. Smith asserts his hopes for Granger's welfare and "prosperity for the Saints in Kirtland." He also writes of Granger's securing of the "keys of the Lords House" and that he might pay a visit after the "New York debt is settled." The attribution of the signature to Joseph Smith is questionable, and the letter may have been written by Smith's secretary Robert B. Thompson.
mssHM 28168
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Alvin T. Smith letter to the Trustees of Tualatin Academy
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Letter from the parents of pupils at Tualatin Academy demanding the removal of Rev. A.N. Williams and those "over which he has control." The letter states that if Rev. Williams is not removed the parents would see about "getting up another school" or sending their children away from home.
mssHM 74645
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James William Smith letters
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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
mssHM 63640-63643
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Charlotte Turner Smith collection
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A collection of letters written by Charlotte Turner Smith, which focus mainly on business matters and book publishing and selling. The letters are written to James Dodsley, Thomas Cadell, and William Davies of the firm Cadell & Davies, Robert Southey, and Joseph Cooper Walker.
mssHM 10800-10844
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Samuel Francis Smith papers
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A collection of family correspondence which includes letters from Samuel Francis Smith to his mother Sarah Bryant Smith and other family members, discussing his life at Andover Seminary and Waterville, Maine. There are also letters between Smith and his wife, Mary White Smith, including their love letters from 1834; letters from Mary White Smith to her family describing her trip to Europe from 1875 to 1876; and Samuel F. Smith's reminiscences about his trip to India in 1877. The collection also includes an acrostic poem and a reproduction of a photograph of Samuel F. Smith.
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