[PW] Diary of Solomon Smithers?

[Dennis Kim-Prieto]

Dear PW list:

One of our students is looking for:
(1) the Diary of Solomon Smithers, referenced in the article entitled
"How a Jury of Matrons Found a Verdict," in the 1 June 1902 edition of
the New York Times at SM9, or 
(2) any court records out of the Court of General Sessions from March
of 1789, specifically the case of John Meeker.  

Can anyone here tell me who might have access to these materials?  We
have found no record of the Smithers Diary in the NYPublic Catalog, and
I've found nothing on WorldCat or Google Scholar, either.  I wrote to
the New York State Library with these questions a while back, but they
have not yet replied.

Does anyone here have any leads?  If this diary is in an archive, can
anyone suggest where I might look to find it?  (I know so little about
archives, I'm afraid.) 



TIA,

dkp




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