Emily Goodrich Smith

Emily Goodrich Smith (1830–1903) was an American newspaper correspondent. Her father, Hon. Samuel Griswold Goodrich, widely known as "Peter Parley", was consul in Paris, affording an opportunity for Smith to be educated abroad. While living in Paris, in 1848, she witnessed the terrors enacted during the reign of Louis Philippe I. The Goodrich house was constantly filled with terror-stricken foreigners, who found their only safety under the protection of the American flag. Returning to the U.S., in 1856, she wrote many stories and verses for magazines, her letters during the civil war were widely read and copied. She was one of the founders of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle (CLSC) and state secretary for Connecticut. She also served as a vice-regent of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association for Connecticut.

Early life and education Emily L. Goodrich was born in the old Hancock house, Boston, Massachusetts, June 1, 1830. She was the oldest daughter of the Hon. Samuel Griswold Goodrich. Her mother was Miss Mary Boott, (It is recorded in The Descendants of John Porter (1893) that Emily's mother was Adeline Gratia Bradley, who died in 1822, but as Emily was born in 1829, this is incorrect.) It is more likely that Emily's mother is Mary Boott, which was recorded by Willard & Livermore (1893), She was also an agent for the Humane Society.

Selected works "'Peter Parley'-As Known To His Daughter.", The Connecticut Magazine, 1898