Authors who have used Bonnie Hurd Smith's transcriptions of Judith Sargent Murray's letters include David McCullough, Cokie Roberts, Carol Berkin, Susan Branson, and Joseph Garland.
Historic sites include the Langdon House in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and the Sayward-Wheeler House in York, Maine (both Historic New England properties), the Adams National Historic Site in Quincy (National Park Service), and the Sargent House Museum in Gloucester.
Bonnie Hurd Smith has spoken at sites throughout New England and in New York and Chicago, including the Adams National Historic Site, Old South Meeting House (Boston), Boston Public Library, Massachusetts Historical Society, Peabody Essex Museum (Salem), Cape Ann Museum (Gloucester), Chautauqua Institution (New York), and the Terra Museum for American Art (Chicago).
