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Samuel Smith (My Country Tis of Thee) AMS, 1892
Samuel Smith (My Country Tis of Thee) AMS, 1892
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Smith, Samuel Francis (1808-1895.) Autograph Manuscript Signed ("S.Fr. Smith") being the second verse of "America" ["My Country 'Tis of Thee"], 1 p, 8vo, n.p., March 25, 1892, on card, some toning and mat residue to top edge. ******************************** Smith wrote this patriotic hymn while a student at Andover Theological Seminary. Though his note on this manuscript states that the song was "written in 1832", it was actually debuted on the Fourth of July, 1831, at a children's celebration in a Boston church, and first published in 1832 (ANB).
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Samuel Smith (My Country Tis of Thee) AMS, 1892

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