Passe-Port giving permission for John Spear Smith, American Chargé d’Affaires in England, to embark for the United States, July 3, 1812
1812
Mss L2013F80 M MB
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Title
Passe-Port giving permission for John Spear Smith, American Chargé d’Affaires in England, to embark for the United States, July 3, 1812
Published
1812
Description
[1] leaf ; 37 cm.
Call Number
Mss L2013F80 M MB
Note
Partially printed document in French with ornamental border.
In 2 columns: left giving details of Smith's age & his physical features; right containing details of the passport.
Signed: J. Barlow (then American Minister Plenipotentiary to France) & the French minister of foreign affairs, with official ink stamps.
Barlow, best known as one of the "Connecticut Wits," served as a chaplain in the Continental Army and was an original member of the Connecticut Society. He was appointed American minister to France in 1811 and died while in diplomatic service in December 1812.
Docketed 3 times on verso: in ms. by Barlow, the minister of police & the prefect of police, with their respective ink stamps
This document enabled John Spear Smith to return to the United States to join his father, General Samuel Smith in the defense of Baltimore during the War of 1812. Succeeding his father in membership, he became president of the Maryland Society in 1939.
In 2 columns: left giving details of Smith's age & his physical features; right containing details of the passport.
Signed: J. Barlow (then American Minister Plenipotentiary to France) & the French minister of foreign affairs, with official ink stamps.
Barlow, best known as one of the "Connecticut Wits," served as a chaplain in the Continental Army and was an original member of the Connecticut Society. He was appointed American minister to France in 1811 and died while in diplomatic service in December 1812.
Docketed 3 times on verso: in ms. by Barlow, the minister of police & the prefect of police, with their respective ink stamps
This document enabled John Spear Smith to return to the United States to join his father, General Samuel Smith in the defense of Baltimore during the War of 1812. Succeeding his father in membership, he became president of the Maryland Society in 1939.
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