Eli Smith papers, 1819-1869.

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Eli Smith papers, 1819-1869.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612237367

The papers include correspondence with Smith's missionary colleagues and with his family. There are also letters to and from his first wife Sarah Lanman Smith and his third wife Hetty Simpkins Butler Smith, and some papers of Hetty Smith after his death. Subjects include the history of the ABCFM missions in the Middle East, the making of Arabic type for the Beirut press, and various of Smith's scholarly interests including the geography of the Holy Land.

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