Smith Family letterMS.0163Virginia Military Institute Archives

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-04-09 17:47:13 -0400.Description is written in: Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script. Virginia Military Institute Archives Smith Family letter Smith, Francis H. (Francis Henney), 1812-1890 MS.0163 /repositories/3/resources/243 1 items 1856 May 1 Manuscripts stacks English . Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one letter (dated May 1, 1856) from VMI's Superintendent Francis H. Smith to the mother of Cadet John J. Smith. The letter discusses Cadet Smith's religious awakening.

 Biographical / Historical

John Jacquelin Smith was born in 1837 in Alexandria, Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1857. During the Civil War he was a Staff Officer with the Confederate States of America. After the War he was a businessman in New York City, New York. Smith died in 1895 in Morristown, New Jersey.

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Smith Family letter, 1856 May 1. MS 0163. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

 Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1857 Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1850-1859 Universities and colleges—Religion College students—Religious life Correspondence Smith, John J. (John Jaquelin), 1837-1895