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Diary of Smith: 4to, orig. sheep, 97 pages, 1828 April 14-1833 August

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Collection Creator:
Smith, Richard Penn, 1799-1854
Dates:
1828 April 14-1833 August
Located In:
Box 1, Folder 1
Extent:
1 folder
Languages:
English
Scope and Contents

He kept it more or less faithfully from April 14, 1828, to August 1833; between then and July 1835, when it commences anew, a leaf has been excised. Then follow scattered entries from 1835 through January 23, 1844. His first entry: "April 14, 1828. This day appeared the first number of the Aurora and Pennsylvania Gazette, a diurnal formed by the junction of the papers, and on which occasion I withdrew from the editorial corps, which I joined in November 1822. The Aurora having been prostituted to all parties, is at length entirely shorn of his beam and become a mere vehicle for advertising cotton, codfish and the state of the markets." "April 15, 1830. Collected more materials for my essay on the progress of literature in Pennsylvania, wrote a sketch of my father, and something relating to Peter Markoe gathered from Mathew Carey. Enquired of David Paul Brown concerning my lost story Retribution. Took tea at Mrs. Britton's." One of the significant passages: "July 19, 1836. I have finished Col. Crockett's Adventure in Texas. The plates have already been steriotyped, and several formats have been worked off." The Dictionary of American Biography says, "To him also has been ascribed..." Now we know.

Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research use.
Credit this material:

Diary of Smith: 4to, orig. sheep, 97 pages; Richard Penn Smith Collection, TC046, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Storage Note:
Firestone Library (mss): Box 1
System Identifier:
/repositories/5/archival_objects/797841

Collection Overview

Collection Description & Creator Information

Description:

Consists of a bound volume containing two plays by Smith ( My Uncle's Wedding and The Sentinels), miscellaneous manuscripts, a letter in verse to his mother, a diary, documents, engraved portraits, clippings, and miscellaneous papers of the Smith family.

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Access & Use

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research use.

Conditions for Reproduction and Use:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Credit this material:

Diary of Smith: 4to, orig. sheep, 97 pages; Richard Penn Smith Collection, TC046, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

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