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[Samuel Francis Smith, 1808-1895, full-length portrait, seated at a table in his study, facing right, and exterior view of The Homestead" at Newton Center Massachusetts]" – Vintage Photo Print

[Samuel Francis Smith, 1808-1895, full-length portrait, seated at a table in his study, facing right, and exterior view of The Homestead" at Newton Center Massachusetts]", c1895. — historic photograph
[Samuel Francis Smith, 1808-1895, full-length portrait, seated at a table in his study, facing right, and exterior view of The Homestead" at Newton Center Massachusetts]", c1895.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

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[Samuel Francis Smith, 1808-1895, full-length portrait, seated at a table in his study, facing right, and exterior view of The Homestead" at Newton Center Massachusetts]"

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Two views are paired here: the Baptist clergyman Samuel Francis Smith seated at a table in his study, and the exterior of The Homestead in Newton Center, Massachusetts, where he lived in his later years. Smith is best remembered as the author of the hymn "America," which he wrote in 1831 as a student at Andover Theological Seminary and which was first sung publicly that same year. The c1895 date places the pictures near the end of his life, when he was an elder figure in New England Baptist circles. Some caption details come from an older card and have not been fully verified.

Created / publishedc1895.
Medium1 photographic print.
Subjects15742 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of 2 photos by J. Albert Cole. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf; Massachusetts, PI; sources checked and other information on back of card.
Original scan1,536 × 1,275 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-129692

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