Here’s an 1901 Autograph Letter Signed by American Scientist

JOHN CONOVER SMOCK, Ph.D.

  

 (1842 – 1926)

·       PROMINENT AMERICAN GEOLOGIST and NEW JERSEY CARTOGRAPHER,

·       STATE GEOLOGIST OF NEW JERSEY APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR ROBERT STOCKTON GREEN 1889-1901,

·       MANAGER IN CHARGE OF THE NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 1885–1889,

·       MANAGER OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS 1875–77,

·       CHAIRMAN AND PROFESSOR OF MINING AND METALLURGY AT RUTGERS COLLEGE 1867-1875,

·       CO-EDITOR OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY ANNUAL REPORTS FOR 1871–84, and AUTHOR OF BOOKS ON “THE GEOLOGY OF NEW JERSEY “(1868), AND THE “REPORT ON CLAY DEPOSITS;” ISSUED, AS A BULLETIN OF THE STATE MUSEUM ON BUILDING-STONES IN NEW YORK (1888), and

The letter is addressed to

SENATOR JOHN STILLWELL APPLEGATE

 

(1837-1916)

·       CIVIL WAR MEMBER OF THE GOVERNOR'S LIGHT GUARD OF NEW JERSEY- AIDING IN RECRUITING NJ TROOPS AND IN THE VIGOROUS PROSECUTION OF THE WAR,

·       NEW JERSEY REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR FROM MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ,

·       CIVIL WAR BIOGRAPHICAL AUTHOR OF HIS CLOSE FRIEND COLONEL GEORGE ARROWSMITH, KIA AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG,

·       ELECTED 1^ST PRESIDENT (MAYOR) OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF RED BANK, NJ AFTER ITS INCORPORATION IN 1871, and

PROVENANCE: This letter came out of the John S. Applegate Red Bank, NJ Estate.  John Applegate was a prominent State Senator and notable 19th century lawyer who did much legal work in connection with the Railroads and telegraph Companies.  He worked with Civil War General T. T. Eckert in railroad/telegraph company litigation.  He also wrote a rare book about his friend Colonel Arrowsmith who was killed in action at Gettysburg in 1893 Titled: “REMINISCENCES AND LETTERS OF GEORGE ARROWSMITH OF NEW JERSEY, LATE LIEUTENANT-COLONEL OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT, NEW YORK STATE VOLUNTEERS”

The collection of documents is in very fine+ condition. 

BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN CONOVER SMOCK

John Conover Smock (September 21, 1842 - April 21, 1926) was an American geologist.

Smock was born in Holmdel Township, New Jersey, graduated at Rutgers College in 1862, and was tutor in chemistry there 1865–67. He became Professor-elect of Mining and Metallurgy in 1867, holding the chair 1871–75, meantime studying in Germany at the Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg and at the University of Berlin. He was assistant in charge of the New York State Museum 1885–89, received the degree of Ph. D. from Lafayette College in 1882, and was manager of the American Institute of Mining Engineers 1875–77.

Smock was associated with George Hammell Cook in preparing the annual reports of the Geological Survey of New Jersey for 1871–84, and in the volumes on The Geology of New Jersey (1868), and the Report on Clay Deposits; issued, as a bulletin of the State museum, On Building-Stones in New York (1888).

In 1890 he was appointed State Geologist of New Jersey.

He died in Hudson, New York on April 21, 1926.

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SMOCK, John Conover, State geologist of N. J.; b. Holmdel, N. J., Sept. 21, 1842; j. Isaac G. and Ellen (Conover) S.; grad. Rutgers, 1862 (Ph. D., Lafayette, 1882); m. 1874, Katherine E. Beekman. Tutor in chemistry, 1865-7; professor- elect mining and metallurgy, 1867; full professor, 1871-85, Rutgers; studied at Berg Acad, and Univ. of Berlin, 1869- 70; asst. on geol. survey, N. J., 1864-85 (except when studying in Germany). Later mgr asst. in charge N. Y. State Museum until apptd. State geologist of N. J. in 1890. Fellow A. A. A. S. ; mem. Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs, Geol. Soc. of America, Am. Philos. Soc. Author: Report on Clay Deposits; Building Stones in New York; etc. Address: Trenton, N. J

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The Freehold Democrat says that Prof. John C. Smock, who was recently elected to a position in the Museum of Natural History in the University of the State of New York, moved to Albany last week. Prof. Smock is a son of Isaac G. Smock, of Holmdel. He entered Rutgers College as a student twenty-five years ago, and with the exception of two years spent in study in Germany, he has been connected with that institution ever since. He is about 43 years of age, and is a man of broad scientific culture.

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WORKS BY JOHN C. SMOCK

Building stone in New York by John C Smock( Book )

2 editions published in 1890 in English and held by 72 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

First report on the iron mines and iron-ore districts in the state of New York by John C Smock( Book )

3 editions published in 1889 in English and held by 70 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Building stone in the state of New York by John C Smock( Book )

1 edition published in 1888 in English and held by 69 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Relief map of New Jersey : based upon the Topographical Survey by John C Smock(map)

3 editions published in 1896 in English and held by 26 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A topographical map of the counties of Bergen, Hudson and Essex : with parts of Passaic and Union by Geological Survey of New Jersey(map )

2 editions published in 1884 in English and held by 20 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A topographical map of the Valley of the Passaic : with the country eastward to Newark and southward to the Raritan River by Geological Survey of New Jersey(map)

2 editions published in 1885 in English and held by 19 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Map showing the direction of glacial striae on the Palisade Ridge by Geological Survey of New Jersey(map)

3 editions published in 1893 in English and held by 19 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A topographical map of the Southwestern Highlands, with the southwest portion of Kittatinny Valley by Geological Survey of New Jersey(map )

2 editions published in 1885 in English and held by 19 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Genealogical notes on the Smock family in the United States : from genealogical registers, local histories, church records, family records, state archives, and mss. in the possession of the compiler / (Albany, N.Y. : F.S. Hills, 1922)

The Greek Element in English Words, published posthumously (1931)

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