Jedediah Smith Society collection, 1943-

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Jedediah Smith Society collection, 1943-

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Two types of material : items pertaining to life of Jedediah Strong Smith (1799-1831) and items describing activities of Jedediah Smith Society (1943- ). In first category are 4 boxes containing manuscripts of works on Jed Smith, biography and genealogy of Jed Smith, clippings on explorations of Jed Smith and correspondence between officials of Jedediah Smith Society and various individuals regarding aspects of Smith's life. In second category are 7 boxes of Society minutes, programs, speeches, publications and correspondence.

11 boxes (7 linear ft.)

University of the Pacific, William Knox Holt Memorial Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7371827

University of the Pacific, William Knox Holt Memorial Library

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Ashley, William Henry, 1778-1838

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William Smith was a judge, lawyer, and military man in Missouri. From the guide to the William Smith certificate of appointment, 1824, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) American fur trader, explorer, and U.S. Congressman, 1831-37. From the guide to the William Henry Ashley letters, 1828, 1836, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

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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...

Sublette, William Lewis, 1799-1845

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Henry, Andrew

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Jackson, David E.

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Jedediah Smith Society

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Jedediah Strong Smith (1799-1831) was first American to enter California by an overland route. His travels (1822-1831) demonstrated feasible routes across West to California. Smith trapped first along Missouri River under William Ashley and Andrew Henry. He rediscovered South Pass, Wyo. (1824) a passageway from high plains into Pacific Northwest. Formed partnership with David Jackson and William Sublette to trap in Pacific Coast region (1826). Trapped and explored in central California and Orego...

Case, Leland D. (Leland Davidson), 1900-1986

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Editor and historian. Editor of "Rotarian Magazine" (1930-1950) and "Together Magazine" (1956-1963). Director of Pacific Center for Western Studies, University of the Pacific (1965-1967). Primary focus of these materials is development of laws and regulations relative to small loan businesses, especially regarding credit life insurance. Second focus is issue of tax increases. Many items seem to have been used as evidence at U.S. House, Ways and Means Committee hearings on taxation (March 1951). ...