to John Cochran, Isaac T. Hopper, Daniel C. Eaton, George H. Evans, and William Kemeys
4 January 1850
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Smith writes to prominent men he chose to designate the distribution of gifts of land and money among five hundred males and females from New York. Notes that he will not give the females land, but will instead bestow $50 upon each of them....
GLC04717.65