A Guide to the Samuel Francis Smith Collection Smith, Samuel Francis. 8828-a

A Guide to the Samuel Francis Smith Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 8828-a

University of Virginia Library

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Processed by: Special Collections Department Staff

Repository

University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA

Collection Number

8828-a

Title

Samuel Francis Smith Collection 1884-1895

Extent

6 items

Creator

Location

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Samuel Francis Smith Collection, Accession 8828-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Deposit [ 1963 December 17 ] 1968 March 15

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Alfred [Seelye] Roe
Grover Cleveland
Jenny O. Starkey
Samuel Francis Smith
Thomas DeWitt Talmage
[George De Maduro?] Peixotto

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

Ashatoosa, Iowa
Connecticut
Massachusetts

Item Listing

Letters

Samuel Francis Smith to the Rev. Thomas DeWitt Talmage
1884 Nov 28
ALS, 3 p.

[Congratulates a fellow clergyman -whom he has not personally met -on his 53rd birthday. Praises his stimulating sermons, his work as an editor [ Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine ], and his writings.]
Samuel Francis Smith to Jenny O. Starkey
1893 Nov 9
APCS, 1 p.

[Regards a hymn Smith wrote for the Old School Boys of Boston . Corrects dates relating to his own attendance of the Eliot School as well as a printer's error in the hymn.]
Samuel Francis Smith to Alfred [Seelye] Roe
1893 Dec 17
ALS, 1 p.

[Informs Roe of his schedule. Will be happy to meet him and his friends at his home.]
Samuel Francis Smith to Secor
1894 May 15
ALS, 3 p.

[Thanks him for 3 letters, especially the one containing Grover Cleveland 's acknowledgement, and for a set of beautiful orange spoons. Feels undeserving of Mr. Secor's interest in him -promises to write him 50 copies of America , will send them in installments. He also sent on request a copy of America to Penn College , Ashatoosa, Iowa , to be hung framed on the library walls. Begs him to take care of his health and eyes, as a blind man would make a miserable engraver.]
Samuel Francis Smith to Secor
1895 Apr 16
ALS, 3 p.

[Has not responded to his letter sooner because of his tremendous correspondence after a testimonial. Responding to the many congratulations, etc., has been too much for his tired old eyes -mentions an assembly of 5,000 people who "shared in the excitement of the congregations." Also mentions a portrait, painted by [George De Maduro?] Peixotto , (of him ?) to be hung in Memorial Hall at Harvard . Remarks on social events. Comments on the " Connecticut Fast Day" which in Massachusetts has been replaced by "Patriots' Day."]

Miscellaneous

Leaf from a book, signed, from Poems of House and Country .
n. d.