Name/Title
Subject Files--Smith, RichardEntry/Object ID
1971.003.0055Scope and Content
1 folder (9 5/8" x 11 5/8")
The folder contains information about two Richard Smiths. One Richard Smith was famous for his participation in the Continental Congress and his diary of his time there. He eventually started west, but died of a fever in Natchez, Miss. in 1803. He was a great-grandfather of J. Edwin Coad through Coad's mother. Part of a published version of his diary is included in the folder. There is also an original letter (1878) from a Richard Smith of Philadelphia who is an uncle to J. Edwin Coad. There is also a copy of a miniature of the Richard Smith of Philadelphia.Collection
Papers of J. Allan CoadArchive Items Details
Date(s) of Creation
1878 - 1933Location
Container
J. Allan Coad Collection, Box 2Shelf
Rack 03, Shelf 2Rack
Rack 03Wall
West wallRoom
Archives 2Building
Tudor HallRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Smith, Richard (1735-1803)Person or Organization
Smith, Richard Howell (1806-18??)