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Preferred Citation

Smith Family letter, 1856 May 1. MS 0163. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Biographical / Historical

John Jacquelin Smith was born in 1837 in Alexandria, Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1857. During the Civil War he was a Staff Officer with the Confederate States of America. After the War he was a businessman in New York City, New York. Smith died in 1895 in Morristown, New Jersey.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one letter (dated May 1, 1856) from VMI's Superintendent Francis H. Smith to the mother of Cadet John J. Smith. The letter discusses Cadet Smith's religious awakening.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• College students—Religious life
• Correspondence
• Smith, John J. (John Jaquelin), 1837-1895
• Universities and colleges—Religion
• Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1850-1859
• Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1857