Peter Smith papers, 1829-1916.

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Peter Smith papers, 1829-1916.

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Peter Smith was the next younger brother of Jedediah Strong Smith; his papers reflect his experiences in the Santa Fe trade; farming in Ohio, Illinois, and Iowa; a journey to and from Guanajuato, Mexico, April 11-July 25, 1843 (recorded in a brief diary); and residence in Amador County, California, in the early 1850's. The correspondence includes letters by his father, 1830; his brother-in-law Solomon A. Simons, 1829; his brothers Benjamin Paddock Smith, 1836-1837, and Ira Gilbert Smith, 1839; other relatives and family friends, including A.H. and Mary Evans, 1837, 1839 (2); O.H. Fitch, 1842; Esther St. Clair, 1839; Truman M. Tyler, 1840; and George Willard, 1841; six letters by Samuel Parkman, 1833-1835; three by Alonzo Delano, 1845; two by W.L. McKim from Dry Creek and Jackson, California, 1852; passports, powers of attorney, and promissory notes signed in New Mexico in 1832-1834, some involving John Gantt, John Pearson, Antoine and Louis Robidoux, José Manuel Rodrigues, August Storrs, Carlos Vásquez, Job Vigil, and Miguel Wood; a baptismal record, Santa Fe, 1835; and a small New Mexican miscellany. Other papers are those of his wife, Juline E. (Babcock) Smith, at Grand Island, Nebraska, and their daughters Juline (Smith) Thummel and Evelyn (Smith) Bacon. These include letters from George H. Thummel describing the Southern California boom of 1887-1888, and letters to Mrs. Bacon and her husband, Walter R. Bacon, 1907-1916, by E.D. Smith concerning family history and the life of Jedediah S. Smith.

1 box (0.4 linear feet)Selections : partial microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 401:4) and positive (X-X FILM 4)

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Smith, Peter, 1810-1879,

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Delano, Alonzo, 1806-1874

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Delano, son of Frederick Delano, lived in Ottawa, Illinois and traveled to California in 1849 where he tried mining, store keeping, and banking. He settled in Grass Valley, Nevada County, California. From the description of Overland journey from St. Joseph to California : and life in the mines / by Alonzo Delano, 1849-1851. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702125740 ...

Tyler, Truman M.,

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Thummel, Juline Smith,

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Fitch, O. H.,

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Simons, Solomon A.,

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Evans, Mary Jane, 1952-

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Niece of Isaac Wayne. From the description of Letters to Isaac and William Wayne, 1829-1855. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 79478496 ...

Smith, E. D. (Ezra Delos), 1854-1926

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Smith, Benjamin Paddock,

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Thummel, George H.,

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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, Juline E. Babcock,

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Bacon, Evelyn Smith,

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Evans, A. H.,

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Parkman, Samuel B.

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St. Clair, Esther,

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Smith, Ira Gilbert, 1811-1889.

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Ira Gilbert Smith was a Santa Fe trader, 1832-1834, a St. Louis merchant, 1835, a California emigrant, 1850, and later a farmer in Illinois. From the description of Ira Gilbert Smith papers, 1830-1920. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 25785607 ...

Bacon, Walter R.

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Willard, George, 1824-1901

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Mary Willard was born December 27, 1842. George Willard was born July 25, 1844. David B. Sperry was born February 11, 1844. The Sperry and Willard families are connected by marriage through Mary Sperry Willard. From the guide to the Sperry and Willard Family Papers MSS. 2191., 1874-1892, (W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama) Collection includes notebooks on politics and the currency question. From the description of George Willard pa...

McKim, W. L.,

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