Descriptive Summary | |
Repository: | Georgia Historical Society |
Creator: | Smith, Amos D., (Amos Denison), 1805-1877. |
Title: | Amos D. Smith letter |
Dates: | 1833 |
Extent: | 0.05 cubic feet (1 folder) |
Identification: | MS 0737 |
Amos D. Smith (1805-1877) lived in Rhode Island and worked as a textile merchant.
This collection consists of a letter from Amos D. Smith to his daughter, Hannah Cooke Smith, written from Columbus, Georgia, 1833. In the letter, Smith says he is glad to be in a community of good schools, as the education of children is very limited in places he has traveled through. He attributes this to political institutions.
Custodial History
Purchased from Schindler's Antique Shop in Charleston, South Carolina.
Preferred Citation
[item identification], Amos D. Smith letter, MS 737, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
Acquisition Information
Purchased, 1953.
Collection is open for research.
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