The Story of Captain Smith and Pocahontas; a souvenir of the Jamestown Exposition by Jesse Talbot Littleton

The Story of Captain Smith and Pocahontas; a souvenir of the Jamestown Exposition by Jesse Talbot Littleton

Jesse Talbot Littleton

1856-1929

Jesse Talbot Littleton was born in Portsmouth, Virginia. He completed his master's degree at Randolph-Macon College in 1880. He also attended Sauveur Colleges des Langues in Amherst, Massachusetts, from 1881-1882. As an educator, Littleton was employed by various institutions during his life, including Kanawa Military Academy, Wesleyan Female College, Wofford College, Belle Haven Academy, Danville College for Young Ladies, and Emory and Henry College. Notably, from 1898 to 1913, he worked at Southern University in Greensboro, Ala. During this time, he wrote a poetical homage to John Smith and Pocahontas. After his time at Southern University, he was briefly employed at Women's College of Alabama and Thomas Industrial Institute. He earned honorary Litt.D.s from Kentucky Wesleyan College in 1902 and Emory and Henry College in 1907. Littleton passed away in 1929.

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1907

The Story of Captain Smith and Pocahontas; a souvenir of the Jamestown Exposition. Nashville, TN; Smith & Lamar for Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1907.

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Littleton, Jesse Talbot, “The Story of Captain Smith and Pocahontas; a souvenir of the Jamestown Exposition by Jesse Talbot Littleton,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed November 8, 2026, https://www.alabamaauthors.org/items/show/24905.