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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06313.04.125 |
| From Archive Folder | Aaron Hobart Collection |
| Title | Albert Smith to Aaron Hobart regarding the country's finances and current affairs |
| Date | 28 December 1821 |
| Author | Smith, Albert (1793-1867) |
| Recipient | Hobart, Aaron |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | States that he is "pleas'd with a view of the finances of our country, & am confident they will improve progressively." Notes that Mr. Winslow is in Columbus, and that there was some "excitement & rumours as to his movements in his business in the north." Mentions the death of J. Wing, Deacon Brooks, and Thomas Stirson, but notes that the people of the area are generally in good health. On religion, he writes: "your Minister in Holy things makes a dash now & then (at what he calls Infidells) & then smooths all over with a plaister." |
| Subjects | American Statesmen Politics Government and Civics Congress Finance Economics Death Health and Medical Religion |
| People | Smith, Albert (1793-1867) Hobart, Aaron (1787-1858) Brooks, Deacon (fl. 1821) Stirson, Thomas (fl. 1821) |
| Place written | Hanover, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Banking & Economics; Religion; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |