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Author and editor of Portland, Maine, and New York City. His wife, Elizabeth Oakes Prince Smith, was an author, lyceum lecturer and early women's rights activist. Papers include his autobiography prepared for the "Bowdoin Memorial;" letters, 1813, 1848-1867, with drafts of letters to Auguste Comte and other European and American scholars regarding his "New Elements of Geometry;" ten poems; three manuscripts of "Robert Wylie of Townsend;" a lecture on geometry, p. 28-34; notes on geometry; newspaper clippings of his prose and poetry; and reviews and notices of his books. less

Elizabeth Fries Ellet (1818-1877) was an American writer, historian and poet. She is remembered as the first writer to record the lives of women who contributed to the American Revolutionary War. The papers consist predominantly of letters written between 1838-1858, and additional undated letters. Letters are both personal and professional in nature, with many relating to her work on The Women of the American Revolution. Also included is a draft or alternate version of her poem Sodus Bay, and undated notes relating to publications less