Kemble offers his thoughts on why sales have been slow. He reports on competitor Bloomfield powder. He provides feedback from a Navy officer and a personal friend on the strength of DuPont powder and gives an update on a powder order by G. Bibby...
Correspondence regarding personal matters of the Smith family. Included are updates on the activities of Captain Corbin and Mr. McKinley who was serving under Commodore Scott.
Correspondence regarding personal matters of the Smith family. Smith offers his regrets about the misfortunes of the Cooke family's gallery business and describes the founding of a Sunday school in his town by a Mrs. Davis.
Correspondence regarding personal matters of the Smith family, Russel Smith's preparations for work on the Baltimore Academy of Music, and Xanthus Smith's work on paintings of Civil War naval battles. Smith describes the popularity of his depiction...
Correspondence in which Xanthus Smith discusses his and his sister's painting practices and studies. He also discusses a visit to Louviers and other personal matters.
Correspondence regarding personal and business matters of the Smith family. Smith relates his father's work on a backdrop for the opera "Carmen" and discusses his own work on paintings of some vessels purchased by the Emperor of Russia from a...