Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Margaret Bayard Smith papers, 1789-1874 |
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| Span Dates | 1789-1874 |
| Bulk Dates | (bulk 1796-1840) |
| ID No. | MSS40436 |
| Creator | Smith, Margaret Bayard, 1778-1844 |
| Extent | 3,600 items |
| Extent | 5 containers plus 11 oversize |
| Extent | 8.4 linear feet |
| Extent | 8 microfilm reels |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011225 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm82040436 |
| Summary | Social leader, author, and prominent Washingtonian. Family and general correspondence, diaries, journals, and commonplace books consisting mainly of family correspondence between Smith and her sisters, Jane Bayard Kirkpatrick and Maria Bayard Boyd, and her husband, journalist and banker, Samuel Harrison Smith (1772-1845). |
| Online Content | The papers of Margaret Bayard Smith are available on the Library of Congress Web site at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000056. |