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Samuel Francis Smith

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Samuel Francis Smith

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Auction Date:2010 Nov 10 @ 19:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Clergyman, poet, and author of the nation’s hymn, ‘America.’ AQS on an off-white 4.5 x 6.5 sheet, Smith pens the first stanza of ‘America.’ In full: “My country, ’tis of thee,/Sweet land of liberty,/Of thee I sing;/Land where my fathers died,/Land of the pilgrims’ pride,/From every mountainside,/Let freedom ring.” Signed “S. F. Smith. Written in 1832. This autograph Aug. 29, ‘94.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds (small split along the left side of the horizontal fold), scattered light staining and soiling, and even toning (heavier at the edges). A patriotic message that continues to earn Smith accolades centuries after the lyrics were composed.