Amos Smith

Photograph

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Groton Public Library

Amos Smith

Name/Title

Amos Smith

Entry/Object ID

2026.045.035

Description

Portrait of Amos Smith taken by J. Gurney & Son, New York, c. 1860s. Photograph from the album of Caroline Latham Mitchell. Amos Denison Smith was born in Groton on April 30, 1805, the son of Amos Denison Smith and Priscilla Mitchell Smith. He died January 21, 1877 in Providence, RI. His sister was Priscilla Smith Foster, wife of Samuel Foster.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Carte de Visite

Subject Person or Organization

Smith, Amos Denison

Collection

Beckett Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2026.045

Source or Donor

Beckett, Amie

Acquisition Method

Donation

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Carte-de-visite

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Provenance

Notes

From the photograph album of Mrs. Caroline Latham Mitchell (1815-1896), which was given to "cousin" Lizzie C. Brown (1853-1936, granddaughter of Lucy Avery Mitchell) during a visit to Groton in August 1907. The album was passed down through several generations of the family before it was donated to the Groton Public Library in October 2026.