Smith and Carpenter Families Papers
c.00301

Summary Information

Repository
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Creator
Smith, Josiah B.
Title
Smith and Carpenter families papers
ID
c.00301
Date [inclusive]
1864-1913
Extent
0.1 Cubic feet , 5 folders
Language
English

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: "Item title, Collection title, Collection Identifier, Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, East Lansing, Michigan."

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Biographical Note

Josiah B. Smith was born in September 1838 in Canada. He mustered into the Michigan 8 Cavalry, Company F, at Detroit, Michigan in August 1864. He mustered out June 10, 1865 at Pulaski, Tennessee.

He married Mary A. Smith in 1858.

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Scope and Contents note

This collection contains four Civil War letters and a small diary of Josiah B. Smith, kept during his service as a bugler in the 8th Michigan Cavalry in Tennessee and Kentucky. The letters were written to Josiah's wife, Mary A. Smith. In the diary, Josiah writes about daily duties in camp, his letter writing schedule, and the condition of his health. The collection also includes an official copy of his enlistment and discharge papers.

In addition, receipts for taxes on land in Newaygo County, Michigan, belonging to John, Myron, and Romanda Carpenter, early settlers in the area, are also included.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections October 1966

Conrad Hall
888 Wilson Road, Room 101
East Lansing , MI, 48824
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu

Revision Description

 renamed Smith and Carpenter Families Papers February 2013

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Legal Status

Copyright: Michigan State University. Property Rights: Michigan State University.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

Custodial History

Gift of Mrs. Croff Shipman, 1962-06-25. Transferred by Michigan State University Museum.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • United States. Army -- Military life -- History -- 19th century.
  • United States. Army. Michigan Cavalry Regiment, 8th (1862-1865).

Genre(s)

  • Diaries
  • Letters (correspondence)
  • Military records
  • Photographs

Geographic Name(s)

  • Newaygo County (Mich.)
  • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Personal Name(s)

  • Shipman, Cross, Mrs.

Subject(s)

  • Taxation -- Michigan

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Collection Inventory

Papers 
Folder

 1864-1865 

 1

 1866-1913 

 2

Land Tax Receipts 1871-1913 

 3

Land Tax Receipts 1859-1910 

 4

Diary 

 5
Box

Photograph of Josiah B. Smith - tintype undated 

 1