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- Creator
- Smith, Francis O. J. (Francis Ormond Jonathan), 1806-1876
- Call number
- MssCol 2784
- Physical description
- .2 linear feet (12 folders)
- Preferred Citation
- Francis O.J. Smith correspondence, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Francis Ormond Jonathan Smith (1806-1876) was a lawyer, businessman and United States Congressman from Maine, 1833-1839. Smith assisted Samuel F.B. Morse in introducing the electric telegraph. Collection consists of Smith's correspondence with Amos Kendall, Ezra Cornell, Eliphalet Case, J.J. Speed, Jr., and others, but not including Morse, relating primarily to political matters. Some letters deal with the introduction of the electric telegraph.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Purchase, Goodspeed, 1936Key terms
Names
- Smith, Francis O. J. (Francis Ormond Jonathan), 1806-1876
- Case, Eliphalet, -1862 or 1863
- Cornell, Ezra, 1807-1874
- Kendall, Amos, 1789-1869
- Speed, James, 1812-1887
Subjects
Places
Occupations
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
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.Alternative form available
Entire collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library