Erving Hermit, John Smith

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Title

Erving Hermit, John Smith

Subject

Erving (Mass.)--Description and travel Smith, John (1823-1900)

Description

John Smith lived in a cave and later in a shack on a mountain just west of Erving Center. Smith walked into town quite frequently and entertained many visitors before he died in 1900 at the age of 81. His grave and that of his cat are in the Erving Center Cemetery.

Source

10.75 by 16.5 centimeter black and white photographic print

Publisher

Date

c.1870

Rights

Permission to use images must be obtained in advance and in writing from the the Erving Public Library by writing to ervinglibrary@netscape.net.

Relation

Is part of the scrapbook collection of the Erving Public Library Archives, Erving, Massachusetts

Format

Image/jpg

Language

en-US

Type

Image

Identifier

30561000084785

Coverage

42 36′ 00″ N, 72 23′ 55″ W

Files

Collection

Citation

“Erving Hermit, John Smith,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 20, 2013, http://digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/329.

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