Smith-Digges papers, 1779-1839 and n.d.

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Smith-Digges papers, 1779-1839 and n.d.

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Papers of Dr. Augustine Smith (post 1769-1805) of Yorktown, Virginia, a friend of Thomas Nelson, and of his daughter, Lucy Calthorpe Smith, who married Ralph Wormeley Digges. Included are Dr., Smith's letterbook, 1789-1791, containing copies of letters to friends and business associates in Edinburgh and London, as well as miscellaneous verses and essays, many in a different hand; letter, 1835 April 10, Susanna Nelson Page to Lucy Calthorpe Smith Digges, giving a biography of Lucy Grymes Nelson (1743-1830); "My Table and its History," a memorial to Lucy Grymes Nelson; poems attributed to Elizabeth Frances Mann Digges Pendleton, and one by Augustine Smith; and miscellaneous loose advertisements, essays, bills, and obituaries for Thomas Nelson, Dudley Digges, Mary Berkeley Minor and Matthew Pope. Second volume is a memorandum book of notes about ministers and sermons.

2 vols. and 18 items ; 32 cm. and smaller.

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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