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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06313.04.041 |
| From Archive Folder | Aaron Hobart Collection |
| Title | Albert Smith to Aaron Hobart discussing a legal case against him |
| Date | 15 February 1815 |
| Author | Smith, Albert (1763-1823) |
| Recipient | Hobart, Aaron |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Discusses a legal case against him. Mentions that there has been "unfair impression & representation" cast upon him and thus, asks Hobart for several favors, such as to have a conference with K. Whitman, to have permission to visit his family, to limit the jail time if convicted. Smith had been replaced as a "collector," probably of taxes. He was earlier accused of stealing $20,000 in public funds (see GLC06313.034). |
| Subjects | Crime Forgery and Fraud Law Taxes or Taxation Government and Civics Prisoner Children and Family |
| People | Smith, Albert (1763-1823) Hobart, Aaron (1787-1858) Whitman, K (fl. 1815) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Banking & Economics; Law; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Letter from Zabdiel Sampson to Aaron Hobart regarding a theft Letter from Albert Smith to Aaron Hobart regarding papers relating to a theft Letter from Albert Smith to Aaron Hobart regarding his successor as Collector Letter from Albert Smith to Aaron Hobart regarding his situation |