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H. D. Smith letter to James Smith
No full textLetter from H. D. Smith to his son, James Smith, regarding the elopement of a married woman with a bigamist glass blower from Pittsburgh
H. D. Smith letter to James Smith
No full textLetter from H. D. Smith to his son, James Smith, regarding the elopement of a married woman with a bigamist glass blower from Pittsburgh
H. D. Smith letter to James Smith
No full textLetter from H. D. Smith to his son, James Smith, regarding the elopement of a married woman with a bigamist glass blower from Pittsburgh
Correspondence to Elizabeth Cisney Smith and Augustus Edwin Smith
No full textLetters to Elizabeth Cisney Smith and Augustus Edwin Smith from their fathers, William H. Cisney and T. H. Smith. The letters demonstrate how supportive and proud the Smith's families were of them attending medical school and their ability to continue their studies while raising a family and working. Elizabeth Cisney Smith graduated from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1911. She practiced medicine for 35 years in Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Dakota and Maryland; and was active in the women's rights and suffrage movement
Francis H. Smith Letter, June 1864. Hunter's Raid on VMI. Full Text Transcription
No full textLetter from VMI Superintendent Francis H. Smith to Maj. General William H. Richardson, Adjutant General of Virginia. Describes attack of Union Army forces, led by General David Hunter. Barracks and other VMI buildings were heavily damaged
Francis H. Smith Armory Commission Letters, 1858-1860. Full Text Transcriptions.
No full textFull text transcriptions of the correspondence of Francis H. Smith relating to the work of the armory commission, 1858-1860. Shocked by John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry in October 1859, and fearing other insurrections or worse, the Virginia General Assembly took steps to strengthen the state militia and to arm it with adequate weapons. As part of this effort, the new Governor of Virginia, John Letcher, of Lexington, appointed a three-man commission to purchase weapons and machines for the manufacture of arms and munitions of war. One of the commissioners was Francis H. Smith, superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute
Letter from D. S. Smith, Seymour, Wisconsin, to A. J. Thompson, March 10, 1876
No full textA letter written by Mr. D. S. Smith of Seymour, Wisconsin, to Mr. A. J. Thompson about the reconstruction of a fence
Correspondence from Margaret D. Kelly Cisney to Elizabeth Cisney Smith and family
No full textLetters to Elizabeth Cisney Smith from her mother, Margaret D. Kelly Cisney. The letters demonstrate how supportive and proud Cisney Smith's family was of her attending medical school and her ability to continue her studies while raising a family and working. Elizabeth Cisney Smith graduated from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1911. She practiced medicine for 35 years in Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Dakota and Maryland; and was active in the women's rights and suffrage movement
Francis H. Smith Circular Letter Soliciting Items to Establish a Museum at VMI, 1845
No full textVirginia Military Institute printed circular, signed in ink by Superintendent Francis H. Smith, petitioning alumni for donations of "Curiousities, both literary and natural" to help establish a Museum at VMI. This example is dated February 27, 1845, and addressed to William S. Beale, a member of the Class of 1843. Also mentions addition to Barracks, new Gun House, Society of Cadets Hall, and Library
Francis H. Smith European Trip Letters, 1858. Transcriptions, Part 2
No full textPart 2 of transcription of personal letter book covering Smith's trip to Europe in 1858. That year, after nearly twenty years as Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute, Francis H. Smith needed some time off. Consequently, he was granted a leave of absence by the VMI Board of Visitors to travel to Europe to visit military, scientific, and agricultural institutions and to write a report on his findings upon his return. Smith and several young alumni departed on the 9th of June and returned at the end of December 1858 having visited Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and Italy. Each night, he wrote a letter home to his wife Sarah describing what he had seen and experienced that day. These letters, possibly Smith's only personal correspondence that has survived, were transcribed into three small letter books on his return. Only two books are extant
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