Jedediah Smith papers, 1814-1849.

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Jedediah Smith papers, 1814-1849.

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The papers of Jedediah Smith, Sr., father of the explorer Jedediah Strong Smith, include an account book, 1827-1839, with additional entries, 1867-1879, made by Bernhard Reichert, second husband of his grandaughter-in-law, Eliza (Prescott) Jones, while living in Kansas; a family record, 4 p., written in an 1834 edition of the Bible; a photocopy of the 1808 will of Jabin Strong, his father-in-law; and an autograph note recording the deaths of his children Cyrus, Almira, Jedediah S., and Austin.

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Smith, Jedediah Strong, 1799-1831

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Jedediah Strong Smith was born June 24, 1799 in Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York. He was the son of Jedediah Smith of New Hampshire and was the eldest of fourteen children. Jedediah's early childhood was spent in Ohio where he received and English and Latin education. At thirteen he became a clerk on a Lake Erie freighter where he learned business methods and met traders returning from the Far West. Jedediah became ambitious for an adventure to the wilderness and he went to St. Louis around...

Smith, Jedediah, 1767-1849.

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