Papers of Susan Dabney Smedes [manuscript], 1888?-1912?

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Papers of Susan Dabney Smedes [manuscript], 1888?-1912?

Typewritten extracts from diary, 1888?-1889, and twelve letters to and from Mrs. Smedes, mostly from England, ca. 1908-1912.

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Smedes, Susan Dabney, 1840-1913

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Epithet: American author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001130.0x0003e7 Susan Dabney Smedes (1840-1913) was a Mississippi planter's daughter, author, and teacher and missionary in the West. Smedes was the daughter of Thomas S. G. Dabney and Sophia Hill Dabney of Burleigh Plantation, near Raymond, Miss. She was married in 1860 to Lyell Smedes of Raleigh, N.C., who died soon after their marriage. After her husba...