Letters : to Emily Lane, Candia, N.H., 1838-1844.

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Letters : to Emily Lane, Candia, N.H., 1838-1844.

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Collection of manuscript letters (1838-1844) written by Frederick Smyth, later governor of New Hampshire, to Emily Lane of Candia, NH. Most were written while Smyth was away on business or political trips. He included descritions of his travels and displayed a keen interest in mesmerism and hypnotism. The correspondence begins in 1838 with an invitation to a sleigh ride and ends in 1844, the year the couple married.

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UNH Durham, Dimond Library

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UNH Durham, Dimond Library

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Smyth, Frederick, 1819-1899

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Frederick Smyth (1819-1899), thirty-second governor of New Hampshire, was born in Candia, NH. In 1839, he moved to Manchester, NH where he was employed for ten years as clerk and proprietor of a store. Smyth became Manchester city clerk in 1849 and later served four terms as Manchester's mayor. He was elected governor in 1865 and reelected in 1866. Smyth later served as one of the board of managers of the National Homes for Disabled Soldiers and as president of the Concord and Montreal Railroad....

Smyth, Emily Lane, 1822-1885

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