Wellington Smith was a pioneer American paper manufacturer from Lee, Massachusetts. He was the cofounder of the Smith Paper Company with his uncle, Senator Elizur Smith, and became the largest paper m
Portrait of Wellington Smith, paper manufacturer
Residence of Wellington Smith in Lee, Massachusetts, built in 1830 in the French Second Empire style
Smith in a carriage in Massachusetts
The White House in Washington, Abraham Lincoln's residence, where Smith met him several times
Captain Josiah Yale was a politician and military officer from Massachusetts. He became an early settler and pioneer of Lee, Massachusetts, and was made Justice of the Peace and Minister Treasurer. He
Wellington Smith
…Smith was born on December 15, 1841, to John Randolph Smith and Parthenia Caroline Yale, members of the Yale family. His great-grandfather was Capt. Josiah Yale, a pioneer of Lee, Massachusetts, and veteran of the American War of Independence. Smith was named by his uncle, Senator Elizur Smith, in honor of the…
British General John Burgoyne's surrender, during the Saratoga Campaign
Battle of Saratoga at Stillwater, New York, where Capt. Yale was engaged under General Rossiter during the Saratoga Campaign
Congregational Church of Lee, Massachusetts, under Dr. Hyde