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- Creator
- Smith family
- Call number
- MssCol 2783
- Physical description
- .5 linear feet (2 boxes)
- Preferred Citation
- Smith family papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Collection contains correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Peter Smith dating from 1792-1837; papers of philanthropist and reformer Gerrit Smith, including family letters, circulars, political speeches on peace, temperance, abolition, women's suffrage, and the Irish cause dating from 1797-1874; correspondence of Elizabeth (Smith) Miller, 1843-1907; letters of Susan B. Anthony, 1869-1905; letters of Samuel Worcester Green containing reminiscences of Gerrit Smith; correspondence (1843-1895) of Charles Dudley Miller; Cochrane family papers (1825-1898); papers of high sheriff of Albany County, New York, Henry Ten Eyck, Jr.; and other papers of the Smith family of Peterboro, Madison County, New York
Key terms
Names
- Smith family
- Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906
- Green, S. W. (Samuel Worcester), 1822-
- Miller, Charles Dudley, 1819-1896
- Miller, Elizabeth Smith, 1822-1911
- Smith, Ann Carroll Fitzhugh
- Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
- Ten Eyck, Henry, Jr., 1744-1795
- Cochran family
Subjects
- Antislavery movements -- United States
- Irish question
- Peace
- Politics and culture -- United States -- 19th century
- Temperance
- Women -- Correspondence -- 19th century
- Women -- Suffrage
Places
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328