Summary Information

Title: John and Louisa Smith Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1675-1954

Creators:

• Smith, John, b. 1819
• Smith, Louisa Sargent

Call Number: Whitewater Micro 2; Micro 308

Quantity: 1 reel of microfilm (35mm)

Repository:

Housed at the University Archives & Area Research Center, Harold Andersen Library, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

UW-Whitewater Library / Whitewater Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Family papers of John and Louisa Smith of the Town of Bradford, Rock County, Wisconsin; including correspondence, 1832-1871, concerning family life and finances, farm life and prices, religion, the Civil War, their son Albert's postwar army life at Ft. Snelling, Minnesota, and Louisa's family in New Hampshire. Also includes deeds, receipts, William Sargent's 1675 will from Salem, Massachusetts; a broadside, 1861, concerning a stolen horse; business college brochure and diplomas; proceedings, 1864, of the First Free-Will Baptist Church of Bradford; a clipping and a history, circa 1954, of the Smithton School, circa 1846-1954, by J. B. Tracy.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-micr0308

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