Smith-Bacon family papers, 1831-1954.
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Bacon family.
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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, Peter Coke (American architect, active 1939)
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Peter Smith, WWU faculty member, 1990- ; BA, MA, MLS Wayne State University. From the description of Peter Smith collection, 2001- (Western Washington University). WorldCat record id: 56839116 Epithet: of Add MS 4275 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001199.0x000131 Peter Smith may have been from the Strasburg, Virginia, area, but nothing is really known about him. From the descri...
Smith family.
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Julian Smith Bacon was grandson of Peter Smith, younger brother of Jedediah Strong Smith (1799-1831), mountain man and explorer. Peter Smith was executor of his brother's estate. His youngest daughter, Evelyn, married Walter Bacon. Their son, Julian, using family papers, oral and written histories, sparked renewed interest in contributions of Jedediah Smith toward exploration of West. Collection includes Jedediah Smith estate papers, Peter Smith account book and Smith family correspondence (1877...
Bacon, Julian Smith.
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