Papers of Samuel Smith, 1729-1924 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Correspondence, account books, patents, deeds, wills, indentures, scrapbooks, portraits, genealogical material and other papers of Smith, and of his brother, Robert Smith, his son, John Spear Smith, and their families. The collection concerns mercantile and other business activities, politics, naval affairs, the Burr conspiracy, the embargo, the tariff, and various other public affairs in the U.S. during the late 18th and early 19th centuries