Question: Did he die of some sort of accident while teaching at USMA or just after resigning? How did it happen that he died in Delaware? Why was his obituary not published till 1881? Something seems amiss.
Smith died while still on active duty. He was appointed from Delaware, so probably was home on leave.
Books he owned:
Mansfield, Jared (1759-1830), Essays, mathematical and physical : containing new theories and illustrations of some very
important and difficult subjects of the sciences. Never before published. New-Haven: Printed by W. W. Morse, [1802].
SPECIAL COLL-FL 4 QA7 .M28. Signed "Samuel S. Smith March 13th
1817" on page [1]. Bar code on copy is 3-1802-00090266-0. Donated by
William C. Trimble.
Lacroix, S. F. (Silvestre François, 1765-1843), Traité élémentaire de trigonométrie rectiligne et sphérique: et d'application de l'algèbre à la géométrie, 1813. This is not listed in the USMA catalogue, but see my first library notebook, p. 74. This book could be #301 on Thayer's list. But what is the nonsense about 10 copies of textbooks being ordered? S. S. Smith owned this copy.
Cullum #182: B-DE: CA-Arty: Asst Prof Math Phil USMA 18-28: D-Del 10Sep28 1LT: Ob-AR-81. [From 1990 Register of Graduates]
Fake Publications:
Smith, Samuel Stanhope, 1750-1819, USMA 1818, An essay on the causes
of the variety of complexion and figure in the human species [microform]:
to which are added strictures on Lord Kaim's [!] discourse, on the original
diversity of mankind / by Samuel Stanhope Smith. Philadelphia : Printed
for John Ormrod, 1787. USMA: MOORE WING-FL 1 Microfiche Library
of Amer Civ. lll, 31 p
Notes Microfiche. Chicago
: Library Resources, 1970. 1 microfiche ; 8 x 13 cm.
(Library of American civilization ; LAC 12694)
s 1970 ilu n
This is NOT our Samuel Stanhope Smith. This one lived 1750-1819 and was
professor of moral philosophy at Princeton. Might he be a relative?
Occupation: He was a Prebyterian Minister,
the first President of Hampden-Sidney College and President of Princeton
College.