Smith, Margaret Bayard (1778–1844)

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Smith, Margaret Bayard (1778–1844)

American journalist. Born Margaret Bayard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Feb 20, 1778; died in Washington, DC, 1844; dau. of Colonel John Bayard of the Revolutionary Army; m. Samuel Harrison Smith, 1800.

Reporter of Washington social and political scene, was the author of A Winter in Washington; or, the Seymour Family (2 vols. 1827) and What is Gentility? (1830); was also a frequent contributor to Sarah Josepha Hale's Godey's Lady's Book magazine.

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