The World of James McCune Smith

The World of James McCune Smith

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Madison County Historical Society, Hamilton College, and Peterboro
After my second day scouring folders at the Sydney Howard Gay papers at Columbia University’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library that I had run out of time…
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St Philip's Site on Mulberry Street and Cypress Hills Cemetery
It’s 6:30am in New York City, and I’m writing in my room on the 19th floor of the Holiday Inn on Nassau Street, one block south from where the teenaged…
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At St Philip's Episcopal Church
I spent much of my first day of my New York research trip not in the archives, but at St Philip’s Episcopal Church, where James McCune Smith had been a…
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Going to New York!
...on a JMS research trip
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‘Some Pumpkins’
James McCune Smith Was One Confident Young Man
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Sites Associated with James McCune Smith and Family in New York City #8
Where Lavinia Smith’s Family Lived at 44 Orange Street
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Happy Birthday, James McCune Smith!
...and, we're back!
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The World of James McCune Smith
The World of James McCune Smith
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