Found 1 collection related to Smith,%20William,%201769-1847%20--%20Finance,%20Personal

William Smith (1769-1847), of New York and Quebec, was the son of American Loyalist William Smith Jr. (1728-1793) and Janet Livingston Smith (1730-1819). He was a Canadian provincial government official, historian and militia officer. Henry Brevoort Jr. (1782-1848) was a wealthy New York City landowner and a friend of Washington Irving. The collection consists of two letters from William Smith at Quebec to Henry Brevoort Jr. at New York, 1812 January 12 and 1815 February 21, requesting his assistance in obtaining monies due to him in New York. less