Justin H. Smith

Justin Harvey Smith (1857, Boscawen, New Hampshire – 1930, Brooklyn, New York) was an American historian, specialist on the Mexican–American War.Smith was educated at Dartmouth College (B.A. 1877; M.A. 1881) and Union Theological Seminary (1879–1881). Smith worked for Charles Scribner's Sons publishers 1881–1883 and Ginn & Co. 1883–1898 (becoming a partner in 1890); he was Professor of Modern History at Dartmouth 1899–1908. He resigned his professorship in 1908 to pursue historical research, and published The Annexation of Texas in 1911 and The War with Mexico in 1919. For the latter he received the Pulitzer Prize in 1920 and the first Loubat Prize in 1923. From 1917 to 1923 Smith was chairman of the Historical Manuscripts Commission of the American Historical Association. Justin Harvey Smith also wrote Our Struggle for the Fourteenth Colony in 1907. He wrote Arnold's March from Cambridge to Quebec in 1903. In 1899 he wrote The Troubadours at Home. Smith's papers were donated to the Latin American collection of the University of Texas library, (now the Benson Latin American Collection, by a book dealer, Michael M. Russel, who had acquired them. The collection enriched the university's materials on the Mexican–American War.Dr. Smith was the son of Rev. Ambrose Smith (1820–1882) and Cynthia Marie Egerton (1821–1899), and a descendant of Gov. William Bradford of the Mayflower via his mother's father, Ariel Egerton (1789–1859).

Books

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  1. 1. The War with Mexico

    "The War with Mexico" is a comprehensive historical analysis of the Mexican-American War from 1846-1848. The book delves into the political, social, and military aspects of the war, providing an in-depth account of the events leading up to the war, the battles fought, and the aftermath. The author critically examines the motivations and actions of both sides, offering a detailed and balanced perspective on this significant period in American history.