Smith family letters
Scope and Contents
ALS from Lewis Jones (Independence, Missouri) to Angeline Smith (Talladega, Alabama) informing her of her son, Lafayette's rescue from the Comanche Indians (1842); ALS from Frederick Forney Foscue (Rockford, Alabama) to John Smith (Cuero, Texas) telling of family happenings, with a very critical account of John P. Lee's marriage to a fourteen-year-old girl (1848); ALS from Sarah Meadows (Coosa, Alabama) to Maria Smith (Cuero, Texas) concerning family news, marriages, and deaty (1849); and an ALS from Carrie Smith (Colorado Springs, Colorado) to Mrs. M.B. Smith (Salt Lake City, Utah) regarding Lafayette Smith and family genealogy (1921).
Dates
- 1842-1921 (inclusive), 1842-1849 (bulk)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Smith family letters must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Extent
1 folder (0.08 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Gift of Mrs. Ralph Stewart and June S. Stage, 1974.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; 1974.
Appraisal
19th Century Mormon and Western Manuscripts.
- Title
- Register of Smith family letters
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Elisa Visick
- Date
- 2010 June 14
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States