861

SMITH, SAMUEL FRANCIS

Currency:USD Category:Everything Else / Other Start Price:NA Estimated At:250.00 - 350.00 USD
SMITH, SAMUEL FRANCIS
(1808 - 1895) American clergyman and poet, author of our nation hymn ""America"" (1832), otherwise known as ""My Country 'Tis of Thee"". Fine A.Q.S. ""S. F. Smith"", 1p. 4"" x 6 3/4"", Hull, Aug. 30, 1879, in full: ""Let thy sowing of good be loving and wide, Watcher at this life's portal; Years coming will ripen a plenteous crop For the harvest of life immortal."" Removed from autograph album, good to very good.