Mrs. Priscilla Mitchell Smith

Photograph

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Groton Public Library

Mrs. Priscilla Mitchell Smith

Name/Title

Mrs. Priscilla Mitchell Smith

Entry/Object ID

2026.045.001

Description

Portrait of Mrs. Priscilla Smith, photographed by Dunshee, Providence, Rhode Island, c. 1861-1865. Handwritten note on the back of the photograph identifies Mrs. Smith as "the Aunt of Mrs. John Henry Brown, who was Mary Frances Mitchell of Groton, CT." Priscilla Mitchell Smith was born in Groton in 1780, the daughter of Francis and Mary Leeds Mitchell. She married Amos Denison Smith on April 8, 1798 and died in 1866 in Providence, RI. Her brother, Capt. David Mitchell, married Lucy Avery in Groton in 1802.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Carte de Visite

Subject Person or Organization

Smith, Priscilla

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.