Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Samuel Smith Letters, Accession 1729-d, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

These two letters were loaned to the Library from Dr. B. Noland Carter, II, Richmond, Virginia, on May 10, 1993.

Funding Note

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

Scope and Content

This collection consists of two autograph letters, June 1833, from Samuel Smith , "Montebello," Baltimore, Maryland, to his granddaughter, Margaret Smith , care of T. Jefferson Randolph , Everittsville, Albemarle County, Virginia. The letter written on June 24 discusses the local hay and corn crops, the rainy weather, the health of Samuel [Sterett ?] , Mr. Taggart, and Cary, and the need to hire Joshua [Burger ?] to cut the rye, wheat, and oats.

In the second letter, June 26, he updates the news about everyone's health, suspecting that both Cary and [Louis ?] have worms, possibly from eating green pears. He reports an abundance of vegetables and approval of the new gardener. He cites a letter from Doctor Thomas who believes that Margaret's father should be present at a large meeting at [Manchester, Maryland ?] on the fourth of July. Smith also furnishes much information about the harvesting of his various crops and asks that Margaret forward this letter on to her father for him.