Executive Papers of Governor William Smith, 1846-1848

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Executive Papers of Governor William Smith, 1846-1848

1846-1848

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi01964.xml

William Smith's Executive Papers primarily consist of incoming correspondence during his term as governor from 1 January 1846 until 1 January 1849. The correspondence in this collection relates to a variety of topics including appointments & recommendations for state positions; the Retrocession of Alexandria; the Mexican War; the Virginia Penitentiary; the Virginia Military Institute; arms and ammunition; the militia; Revolutionary War bounty land claims; banks and banking; resignations; extraditions; state expenses & revenue; elections; and others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from the Virginia Senate & House of Delegates; accounts; oaths; contracts; pardons; proposals; receipts; election returns & certificates; qualifications; lists; proclamations; petitions; reports; appointments; resignations; bonds; commissions; orders; proceedings; opinions; and other sundry items.

5.23 cu. ft. (12 boxes)

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Virginia. Governor (1846-1849 : Smith)

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Governor William Smith was the third son of Colonel Caleb Smith and was born in King George County on 7 September 1797. Smith studied at the English and Classical School of Thomas Nelson in Hanover County, Virginia, and continued to study law under Thomas L. Moore in Warrenton, Virginia. Following his training and education, Smith practiced law in Culpeper County beginning in 1818. A supporter of the Democratic-Republican party in the 1820s, Smith was later elected in 1836 to two te...