The Jesse Nathaniel Smith family letters consist of typescripts of letters over the time period of 1860 to 1870.

Autobiography, diary, correspondence, genealogies, patriarchal blessings, certificates, and miscellaneous items. Smith was the president of the Scandinavian Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1862 to 1864 and an early settler in Salt Lake City and in Parowan, Utah and in Snowflake, Arizona.

Holograph letters from Silas to his brother Jesse Nathaniel Smith (1834-1906). The missives are largely concerned with Smith family and other personal matters. Four of the letters are from "Mother Smith," one is from Margaret Rollins to Mary J. and Emma W., and two are from Nancy M. Bollin to Mary J. West. Photocopies of the letters are also with the collection.