Lost Cause

The documents below are records of administration of the estate of William Gaston Smith, William Alexander Smith’s father who passed away in November 1879. The documents below indicate that Smith was the administrator of his father’s estate. They also state that Smith would be compensated 10% of the value he both receives or distributes as … Read more

UPDATE: We have worked with librarians from the Library of Congress to determine if there was an earlier version released in 1904, but we have not been able to locate a possible version published prior to 1914. It may look like a 0, but it seems to just be a 1… for now… We did … Read more