(American Manuscripts & Autographs) 1 Piece. Autograph Verse Signed. Smith, S(amuel) F(rancis). "America." No place, ca. 1890. Fair copy of the four stanzas, beginning, "My Country 'tis of thee." 2 p.; slightly toned, small dust smudges in blank margins. In ink on lined paper, strong, dark signature and verse, with Smith's autograph note, "Written in 1832."
Samuel Stanhope Smith, 1808-1895, American clergyman, poet, author in 1832 of the national hymn "America."