Smith, Margaret Bayard, 1778-1844

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1778, Feb. 20 Born in Pennsylvania 1800 Married Samuel Harrison Smith; settled in Washington, D.C., where she met Thomas Jefferson 1803 Established Sidney estate 1809 Visited Monticello 1814 Witnessed British invasion of Washington, D.C. 1824 Published A Winter in Washington. New York: E. Bliss & E. White. 2 vols. 1828 Published What Is Gentility. Washington, D.C.: P. Thompson Visited Monticello 1844, June 7 Died

From the guide to the Margaret Bayard Smith Papers, 1789-1874, (bulk 1796-1840), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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