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- Creator
- Smith, Jane, 1795 or 1796-1828
- Call number
- Pforz MS
- Physical description
- 1 item
- Preferred Citation
- Jane Smith manuscript material, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
- Access to materials
- Restricted access. Request an in-person research appointment.
Jane Smith, née Godden, wife of John Smith, the English missionary. · To Peter Jackson, bookseller : 1 autograph letter signed : Dec 1823 : (MISC 4397) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Demerara : giving an eyewitness account of the slave rebellion in Demerara, and of the subsequent arrest, trial and conviction of her husband for encouraging the revolt; begins, "A few days back I gave you a short account of our present distressing situation . . . .".
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Location
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His CircleStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Third Floor, Room 319