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Jedediah Smith family papers, 1814-1953.
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Jedediah Smith family papers, 1814-1953Creator/Contributor:
Smith, Jedediah, 1767-1849Abstract:
Originals and photocopies of documents relating to the family of Jedediah Strong Smith (1799-1831), one of the most remarkable
figures of the Western fur trade era; an explorer in the Rocky Mountains, the Great Basin, California, and the Pacific Northwest,
before his death on the Santa Fe Trail in 1831. Most of the papers in these collections relate to Jedediah S. Smith in his
lifetime and are photocopies of originals in various depositories. The Bancroft Library has some original Smith documents
in the Vallejo papers (C-B 29) and the Samuel Parkman papers (M-B 10). Copies of others made for H.H. Bancroft from the California
Archives prior to the destruction of the originals in the San Francisco fire of 1906 are in C-A 27, C-A 47-48, C-A 56, and
C-C 3. See also under Cremer (P-N 134).
Original manuscripts given to the Bancroft Library by members of this far-flung family reflect the life of the senior Jedediah
Smith (1767-1831) as a farmer and tailor in the Western Reserve of Ohio, and of his other children in various parts of the
West and Midwest; two younger sons, Peter and Ira, were active in the Santa Fe trade in the 1830's and lived in California
later, as did some of their nephews and nieces.
Date:
1814 (issued)Subject:
Smith, Jedediah Strong -- 1799-1831 -- FamilySmith, Jedediah -- 1767-1849 -- Family
Note:
The Jedediah Smith family papers comprise multiple, separately cataloged collections pertaining to particular members of the
Smith family. To access individual collections, search under title: Jedediah Smith family papers.
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English