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Uselma Clarke Smith collection
This collection includes additional William Jones material, incoming correspondence, 1791-1827, mainly addressed to Jones in his capacities as secretary of the navy, acting secretary of the treasury, and Second Bank of the United States president. It includes a small group of letters, 1813, mostly f...
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| Collection: | Uselma Clarke Smith Collection |
| Collection Number: | 1378D |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Smith, Uselma Clarke |d 1841-1902 |e creator | |
| 245 | 1 | |a Uselma Clarke Smith collection |f 1791-1888 | |
| 300 | |a 1.6 Linear feet |f 5 boxes (600 items) | ||
| 520 | |a This collection includes additional William Jones material, incoming correspondence, 1791-1827, mainly addressed to Jones in his capacities as secretary of the navy, acting secretary of the treasury, and Second Bank of the United States president. It includes a small group of letters, 1813, mostly from Judge Joseph H. Nicholson of Baltimore, concerning Joshua Barney's duel with Lemuel Taylor. There are a few letters from family or merchants including Joshua and Samuel Humphreys. Among other William Jones papers are: a logbook, 1805-1806, kept by Jones as master of the ship Ploughboy; copies of U.S. Navy estimates for dimensions and equipment of ships of war; estate papers; newspaper clippings; and Smith's biographical notes. The collection includes other miscellaneous letters and genealogies of Smith's family. Clarke, Jones, Loxley and related lines are represented. There is a logbook kept by Lloyd Jones, 1797-1798, of two voyages made by the brig Benjamin Franklin between Philadelphia and Bordeaux. Uselma Clarke Smith's own papers are few: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice George Sharswood letters, 1864-1871, concerning property settlement; letters and documents, 1868-1888, relative to the schooling of his son Robert M. Smith at Bordentown Military Institute; estate papers, 1863-1899, of Jane Loxley Clarke, Charlotte Jones Smith Goodrich, Catherine Loxley Jones, Mary P. Loxley, and others; law school notes; and miscellany. | ||
| 541 | 1 | |a Gift of Mrs. John H. Dilkes.; 1964 acquired | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Maritime History--Spoliation. |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Maritime History--War Ships |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Shipping--West Indies--19th century |2 Local sources | |
| 852 | |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania |b Uselma Clarke Smith Collection |c 1378D | ||