Smith, Asa Edward, 1798-1880

Scope and Content note

Primarily correspondence from Shepard Cary, Rufus Dwinel, Ira Fish, Alvin Haynes, William P. Preble, Albert Smith, Hastings Strickland, and others, about state politics and appointments, but also includes information about personal and business affairs and a letter of Charles Plummer about gold mining in California.

Scope and Content note The collection consists primarily of correspondence, financial invoices and papers, and a handful of legal documents. Represented in this material are Smith’s various business, political, and community ventures, including records of his store stock, supplies required to care for his family and animals, building ventures, and timber and railroad papers. Efforts to build and maintain the community are evident in papers regarding the military road, the Mattawamkeag bridge, and the local...