Papers, 1831-1916.

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Papers, 1831-1916.

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Business and personal correspondence and other papers of Washington M. Smith and the Smith family, containing information on Smith's interests in banking, law, and agriculture, on economic conditions in Alabama after 1840, public schools and their establishment in Alabama, tax collection in the Confederate States, social life and customs in Selma, economic conditions during Reconstruction, Smith's successful efforts to reestablish in New York and England his former affluency, and family affairs. Includes a series of letters of Smith's daughter, Ella, and her husband, Hilary A. Herbert. Most of the items before 1850 and after 1869 are family letters and papers.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6996192

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Smith family.

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Herbert, Hilary A. (Hilary Abner), 1834-1919

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Hilary Abner Herbert (March 12, 1834 - March 6, 1919) was Secretary of the Navy under President Grover Cleveland, 1893-1897. He also served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama. From the description of Letter, March 29, 1893. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 18178390 Hilary A. Herbert was an Alabama and Washington, D.C., lawyer, author, Democratic United States representative, 1877-1893, and secretary of the Navy, 1893-1897. ...

Herbert, Ella Smith.

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Smith, Washington M., ca. 1820-1869.

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Planter, banker, and lawyer, of Selma, Ala. From the description of Papers, 1831-1916. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20159117 ...