William Smith Jr. letters and documents

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unitdate

{"value"=>"1772-1775", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1772/1775"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"William Smith Jr. letters and documents"}

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repository

{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"William Smith Jr. (1728-1793), an American Loyalist of New York and Quebec, was a prominent jurist, statesman, journalist and historian. The collection comprises Smith's autograph letter signed to Sir William Johnson concerning land holdings of the late Sir Henry Moore, 1772 May 22; his autograph letter signed to Mr. [Oliver] Templeton discussing the case of the schooner Isabella, 1775 February 17; a signed legal opinion on the will of Andries Stockholm, 1773 September 5; and an autograph draft dissent on a bill before the Provincial Council concerning non-resident electors, signed and undated. Letters dated 1772 and 1775 transferred from George Peabody Wetmore papers relating to William Smith, Jr."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>William Smith Jr. letters and documents, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Smith, William, 1728-1793", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Susan P. Waide</span>, <span class=\"date\">2017</span></p>"}

note

{"type"=>"sponsor", "value"=>"Donated by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899, as part of the Ford collection, and by Frank Veeder, 1969"}

sponsor

{"value"=>"Donated by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899, as part of the Ford collection, and by\n Frank Veeder, 1969"}

date_start

1772

keydate

1772

date_end

1775

date_inclusive_start

1772

date_inclusive_end

1775

extent_statement

.1 linear feet (1 folder)

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