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Uselma Clarke Smith collection
Uselma Clarke Smith was a Philadelphia lawyer and collector of deeds, wills, commissions, estate papers, family letters, genealogies, and other materials. Smith was particularly interested in his great-uncle William Jones, an army and naval officer during the Revolution, about whom Smith planned to...
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| Collection: | Uselma Clarke Smith Collection |
| Collection Number: | 1378A |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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2.33 Linear feet 2.33 linear feet, 6 boxes (1000 items) |
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Uselma Clarke Smith was a Philadelphia lawyer and collector of deeds, wills, commissions, estate papers, family letters, genealogies, and other materials. Smith was particularly interested in his great-uncle William Jones, an army and naval officer during the Revolution, about whom Smith planned to write a biography.
William Jones, was both an army and a navy officer during the Revolution and great-uncle of Uselma Clarke Smith. In 1795 Jones returned from South Carolina to Philadelphia. He served in Congress, as a Democrat, 1801-1803, and was appointed secretary of the Navy from 1813 to February 1814. He returned to private business in order to save himself from bankruptcy and was elected first president of the Second Bank of the United States in 1816. After two and a half years he resigned under charges of incompetence and fraud. He joined Joshua and Samuel Humphreys in a company to build steamships and served as collector for the Port of Philadelphia.
These papers reflect Jones's activities, his descendants, and other related families. |