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Benjamin Hayes Smith Diary 003.002 Kavita Shroff Benjamin Hayes Smith diary 003.002 Kavita Shroff. Last updated on May 14, 2021. Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections Benjamin Hayes Smith diary Table of Contents Summary Information....................................................................................................................................3 Biography/History..........................................................................................................................................4 Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 4 Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................5 Administrative Information........................................................................................................................... 5 Related Materials........................................................................................................................................... 5 Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................6 Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 7 - Page 2 - Benjamin Hayes Smith diary Summary Information Repository Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections Creator Smith, Benjamin Hayes Title Benjamin Hayes Smith diary Call number 003.002 Date [inclusive] 1856-1863 Extent 0.25 linear feet (1 volume) Language English . Abstract The diary covers Benjamin Hayes Smith's time at Haverford and his expereinces during the American Civil War. Entries include informaiton on the Haverford Loganian Society (1856-1859), Haverford Euethean Association (1856-1859), the Haverfod Athenaeum (1856-1859), and the Battle of Stones River (December 31, 1862), in Tennessee. Cite as: Benjamin Hayes Smith diary (HCS.003.002), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA - Page 3 - Benjamin Hayes Smith diary Biography/History Benjamin Hayes Smith was born May 7, 1841, to George and Mary (Lewis) Smith. They lived in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. At the age of 15, Smith entered Haverford College and received his bachelor's in 1859. While at Haverford, Smith was the secretary for the Henry Society, the editor of the Collegian, and a member of the Haverford Loganian Society, the Haverford Euethean Association, and the Haverford Athenaeum. After his time at Haverford, Smith returned home and searched for work surveying for railroads in the Midwest. In October, 1861, near the start of the Civil War, Smith enlisted in the cavalry and remained in service through April, 1863. Smith was a member of the Anderson Troop of the Pennsylvania Volunteers (15th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry), serving under General Buell during his campaign in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama, and serving under General Rosecrans's Stones River campaign. As a result of his enlistment, he may have been disowned from his meeting. After leaving the army, Smith worked as a topographical engineer and surveyor. He married Adelaide L. Brooke in 1866. In 1880, he wrote and published Atlas of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, which contained early grants and patents with a history of land titles in the county. Smith was a member of several societies, including the Delaware County Institute of Science, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and the American Entomological Society. He also worked with Dr. Charles Sprague Sargent at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, on a study of wild thorns (Crataegus), of which one was named after him (C. smithii). Smith died in 1918. Scope and Contents The diary covers Benjamin Hayes Smith's time at Haverford, beginning January 1, 1856, through 1863. From 1856 through the end of 1859, Smith wrote everyday, usually to describe the weather and his school work. He frequently recorded his readings for class, which included classics such as the Aeneid by Virgil, Antigone, and works by Xenophon. He also described his work for classes including Greek, Latin, Geology, Geometry, etc. Smith also detailed his experience in his public and private examinations. He regularly attended meetings of the Haverford Loganian Society (1856-1859), Haverford Euethean Association (1856-1859), and Haverford Athenaeum (1856-1859). After 1860, the entries become more sporadic, however they include more detail about Smith's activities. In October of 1861, Smith enlisted in the army, and his entries through April, 1863 provide details about life in the cavalry, including a detailed entry of his experience in the Battle of Stones River (December 31, 1862), in Tennessee. After leaving the army in April, 1863, Smith continued to record entries through December 31, 1863, after which the diary is blank. The diary is handwritten in cursive, however there are examples of shorthand throughout his entries. - Page 4 - Benjamin Hayes Smith diary Arrangement One volume, original order maintained. Administrative Information Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections Kavita Shroff. Access Restrictions The collection is open for research use. Use Restrictions Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17). Acquisition Acquisition unknown. Processing Information Processed by Kavita Shroff; completed May, 2016. Related Materials Related Materials • HCQ.003.001 Haverford Loganian Society records, 1834-1905 • HCQ.003.002 Haverford Athenaeum records, 1858-1888 • HCQ.003.010 Haverford Euethean Association records, 1855-1857 - Page 5 - Benjamin Hayes Smith diary Controlled Access Headings Corporate Name(s) • Haverford Loganian Society • Haverford College. Henry Society • United States. Army. Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 15th (1862-1865) • Haverford College. Observatory • Haverford Euethean Association • Haverford College. Athenaeum • Haverford College -- Examinations • Haverford College -- Students • Haverford College -- History -- 19th century Form/Genre(s) • Diaries Geographic Name(s) • Haverford (Pa.) • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal Name(s) • Smith, Benjamin Hayes Subject(s) • Stones River, Battle of, Murfreesboro, Tenn., 1862-1863 - Page 6 - Benjamin Hayes Smith diary Collection Inventory volume Benjamin Hayes Smith diary, 1859-1863. 1 Scope and Contents Note • Lecture by Dr. J. J. Hayes about arctic expedition (January 19, 1856) • Using observatory– "Our class was going down to the observatory to see the sun, but we were disappointed, there being clouds over it" (March 4, 1857) • Commenced second term as sophomore (May 29, 1857) • Description of Private Examinations preparation and administration of exams (July 10-24, 1857) • Brief mention of Public Examinations (July 27-28, 1857) • Went to hear David Wilmot (the first Republican candidate for governor) speak (October 10, 1857) • Joseph Harlan died, "Jos. G. Harlan died this morning at 5 min of 11" (November 12, 1857) • "Went down to see Jos. after school and he looks as he used to in the class. He was loved and is lamented by all. He was a splendid mathematician and I don't believe his place will ever be filled by an equal" (November 13, 1857) • "Almost the whole school went down to see Jos. His last words were 'All is peace'" (November 14, 1857) Description of Joseph Harlan's funeral, "Prof. Jos. G. Harlan's funeral to day. He was brought from his house up here and then carried on a bier to the graveyard by the Seniors and students who had been longest at the college. Father and Maggie were up. We all formed a long procession and walked out. He was buried and we then went into the meeting house, where Thom [?] Evans delivered a good sermon on the words, 'It is appointed unto all men once to die and after that the Judgement.' He also spoke in Collection P.M. And extremely large funeral. All the shutters in the school room close" (November 15, 1857) • Elected secretary of Henry Society (February 13, 1859) • Debate in Loganian Society (Which had the most reason to complain, the Indian or African?), decided on the Indian) (April 12, 1858) • Elected editor of the Collegian (July 5, 1858) - Page 7 - Benjamin Hayes Smith diary • "News of peace in China by the Atlantic Cable" (August 27, 1858) • "Great celebration in the city today on account of the success of the Atlantic Telegraph...Did not go in as father seems to think it all nonsense" (September 1, 1858) • Mentions seeing the comet Donati (end of September 1858 and beginning of October 1858) • Graduated from Haverford (July 13, 1859) • "Thanksgiving in 25 of the States- Virginia not one of them" (November 24, 1859) • Heard of Washington Irving's death (November 30, 1859) • "Still at work surveying in Middletown but am impatient to get out to the far west...Much fuss being made over the Japanese embassy, the first to this country. They are now being received at Washington" (May 18, 1860) • "To the city and saw the Japanese embassy as they left the continental hotel to go to New York. They were elderly men dressed in their native costumes and with box-like arrangements for hats. The crowd was immense" (June 16, 1860) • Begins to talk about Civil War preparation (January 1861) • "Fire opened on Fort Sumter... It was thought all winter that some sort of a compromise could be made with the seceding states and actual war was not thought
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