An assortment of books and related Eli Smith ephemera relating to his travels to the Middle East and his conversion of a bible into the Arabic Language. These items descended in the Estate of Dr. Stanley A. Leavy whose family were direct descendents of Smith. Note: major holdings of Smith's writings are located at Yale University. Books to include a three volume leather bound set entitled: Biblical Researches in Palestine, volumes 1-3 by Robinson, London 1856; Nineveh and It's Remains two volumes by Layard, New York 1851; Travels and Adventures of The Rev Joseph Wolff, London, 1861, volumes one and two; Later Bibilical Researches in Palestine and in the Adjacent Regions dated 1852 and 1838 by Robinson, two volumes; Sinai and Palestine by A.P. Stanley, 1857, one volume; Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence; Residence in Persia Among the Nestorians, lacking map and four plates, dated 1843; Expedition to the Dead Sea and Jordan by W.F. Lynch (map possibly removed); Memoir of Mrs. Sarah Lanman Smith by Hooker, 1839; Researches of the Rev. E. Smith and Rev. H.G.O. Dwight in Armenia volume one with map; P. Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphofeon Libri XV, originally owned by Noadiah Russell, MDCCXIII; Travels of Marco Polo, volumes one and two, 1926; The Land and the Book by W. M. Thomson, 1885; Sermons Upon the Following Subjects, Boston, Printed and sold by Edes and Gill, MDCCLVII; Maps of Robinson's Researches in Palestine, along with other ephemeral material, books, journals of the New Haven Colony Historical Society, photographs of Connecticut churches, family framed photos, end etc.

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