[Letter] 1915 May 17, Meade, Kansas [to] J.L. Gillis, Sacramento, Calif. / Ezra Delos Smith.

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[Letter] 1915 May 17, Meade, Kansas [to] J.L. Gillis, Sacramento, Calif. / Ezra Delos Smith.

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Briefly describes the details of American explorer Jedediah Smith's life.

2 leaves ; 28 cm.

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

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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...