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William Smith (April 12, 1728 – March 27, 1814) was an American merchant and politician. He served as a Delegate to the Continental Congress and as a member of the United States House of Representatives in the First Congress.
Born in Donegal Township of Lancaster County in the Province of Pennsylvania, Smith moved to Baltimore, Maryland, in 1761. He was appointed a member of the committee of correspondence in 1774, and a member of the committee of observation in 1775. Smith was also one of a committee appointed by the Continental Congress to constitute a naval board in 1777.
Smith was chosen as a Maryland delegate to the Continental Congress in 1777. He subsequently pursued a career as a merchant, and then was elected to the 1st United States Congress, from March 4, 1789, until March 3, 1791. Smith was the First Auditor of the United States Treasury from July 16, 1791, to November 27, 1791. He returned to local politics to be elected to the Maryland Senate in 1801. Smith died in Baltimore and was interred in the Old Westminster Graveyard.
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress biography, William Smith, accessed February 10, 2022.
SMITH, William, a Delegate and a Representative from Maryland; born in Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pa., April 12, 1728; moved to Baltimore, Md., May 1, 1761; appointed a member of the committee of correspondence in 1774; member of the committee of observation in 1775; one of a committee appointed by Congress to constitute a naval board in 1777; Member of the Continental Congress in 1777; engaged in mercantile pursuits; elected as an Anti-Administration candidate to the First Congress (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791); First Auditor of the United States Treasury July 16 to November 27, 1791; member of the state senate in 1801; died in Baltimore, Md., on March 27, 1814; interment in the Old Westminster Graveyard.
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Wikipedia article, William Smith (Maryland politician), accessed February 10, 2022.
<p>William Smith (April 12, 1728 – March 27, 1814) was an American politician and representative of the fourth congressional district of Maryland in the United States House of Representatives.</p>
<p>Smith was born in Donegal Township of Lancaster County in the Province of Pennsylvania. He moved to Baltimore, Maryland, in 1761, and was appointed a member of the committee of correspondence in 1774, and a member of the committee of observation in 1775. Smith was also one of a committee appointed by the Continental Congress to constitute a naval board in 1777.</p>
<p>Smith was chosen as a Maryland delegate to the Continental Congress in 1777. He subsequently pursued a career as a merchant, and then was elected to the 1st United States Congress, from March 4, 1789, until March 3, 1791. Smith was the First Auditor of the United States Treasury from July 16, 1791, to November 27, 1791. He returned to local politics to be elected to the Maryland Senate in 1801. Smith died in Baltimore and was interred in the Old Westminster Graveyard.</p>
The Jasper Yeates Brinton collection consists of personal and business correspondence, shipping invoices, receipts, account books, and land records pertaining to Brinton's forebears John Steinmetz, William Smith, and Charles Smith, as well as his father John Hill Brinton, his mother Sarah Ward Brinton and his older brother Ward Brinton. John Steinmetz's papers offer insight into general trade and shipping in Philadelphia immediately before and after the Revolutionary war, and also include a small amount of correspondence regarding the divorce of his son John Henry Steinmetz (b. 1766). The papers of William Smith address the management of land holdings in Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, and Nova Scotia, and also include some records of the family's financial transactions. Charles Smith's papers consist of documentation on the settlement of William Smith's estate, and legal documents pertaining both to cases Charles Smith handled as an attorney and cases the family was involved in. Also included in the collection are land and legal papers of Jasper Yeates Brinton's father John Hill Brinton (1832-1907), correspondence between his mother Sarah Ward Brinton and her mother, and numerous letters sent by his brother Lt. Ward Brinton while he served with the Reserve Medical Corps in Texas in 1916.
ArchivalResource:
39 boxes, 10 vols., (17 linear ft.)
Great Britain. 1794 Nov. 19. Correspondence and claims, 1798-1799.
Title:
Correspondence and claims, 1798-1799.
Volume one contains copies of correspondence between the commissioners under the 6th articles of the Treaty of Anity, 19 July 1799, on the secession of the American Commissioners; many letters from William Moore Smith. Volume two contains loyalist claims and answers in the case of William Cunningham and Company of Virginia against the United States, under the 6th article of the Treaty (Printed John Fenno, Philadelphia (Pa.), 1798). Volume three contains the claim of Edward Putnam. Answer of the agent of the United States and Massachusetts claims. Also the claim and subsequent proceedings in the cases of the Rev. Charles Inglis (Bishop of Nova Scotia), Andrew Allen of Pennsylvania, and Cavalier Jouett of New York.
Great Britain. 1794 Nov. 19. Correspondence and claims, 1798-1799.
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Smith, William Moore, 1759-1821
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Invoice : to William Moore Smith, 1800 Jan 1.
Coxe, Tench, 1755-1824. Invoice : to William Moore Smith, 1800 Jan 1.
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Invoice : to William Moore Smith, 1800 Jan 1.
Autograph document signed. The document is a bill for law books purchased by William M. Smith. Signed by Tench Coxe. On the verso is a receipt for payment, signed by Tench Coxe, Jr.
Pastoral and narrative poetry, including "The Mouse's Petition" by British poetess Anna Letitia Barbauld and selections from the American poet William Moore Smith. Also several pages of manuscript music.
Coxe, Tench, 1755-1824. Invoice : to William Moore Smith, 1800 Jan 1.
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Invoice : to William Moore Smith, 1800 Jan 1.
Autograph document signed. The document is a bill for law books purchased by William M. Smith. Signed by Tench Coxe. On the verso is a receipt for payment, signed by Tench Coxe, Jr.
Coxe, Tench, 1755-1824. Invoice : to William Moore Smith, 1800 Jan 1.
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Smith, William Moore, 1759-1821
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Purchase and sales agreement : Philadelphia : manuscript, 1801 Dec.
Summers, Andrew, fl. 1801. Purchase and sales agreement : Philadelphia : manuscript, 1801 Dec.
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Purchase and sales agreement : Philadelphia : manuscript, 1801 Dec.
Document signed. Signed by Andrew Summers, Jr. and William Moore Smith in the presence of William Coates. Relates to the sale of land located in Bristol Township, Philadelphia County.
Summers, Andrew, fl. 1801. Purchase and sales agreement : Philadelphia : manuscript, 1801 Dec.
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Smith, William Moore, 1759-1821
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Purchase and sales agreement : Philadelphia : manuscript, 1801 Dec.
Summers, Andrew, fl. 1801. Purchase and sales agreement : Philadelphia : manuscript, 1801 Dec.
Title:
Purchase and sales agreement : Philadelphia : manuscript, 1801 Dec.
Document signed. Signed by Andrew Summers, Jr. and William Moore Smith in the presence of William Coates. Relates to the sale of land located in Bristol Township, Philadelphia County.
Cadwalader, Thomas, 1779-1841. ALS : to William Moore Smith, 1811 Dec. 16.
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Smith, William, 1728-1814
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Benjamin Franklin Papers Part 1 -- Letters to Franklin 1730-1776
Benjamin Franklin Papers Part 1 -- Letters to Franklin, 1730-1776
Title:
Benjamin Franklin Papers Part 1 -- Letters to Franklin 1730-1776
This is part of the large inventory for the Benjamin Franklin Papers (Mss B F85). For complete information concerning this collection, please view the . Collection Description
Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.
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Smith, William, 1728-1814
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Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (inclusive), 1700-1800 (bulk)
Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800)
Title:
Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (inclusive), 1700-1800 (bulk)
The portion of the Emmet Collection housed in the Manuscripts and Archives Division consists of approximately 10,800 historical manuscripts relating chiefly to the period prior to, during, and following the American Revolution. The collection contains letters and documents by the signers of the Declaration of Independence as well as nearly every prominent historical figure of the period.
ArchivalResource:
30.83 linear feet; 108 boxes, 21 volumes
Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876, 1700-1800
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Smith, William, 1728-1814
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John Holker Papers 1777-1822
John Holker Papers, 1777-1822
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John Holker Papers 1777-1822
Merchant and French consul general in the United States. Correspondence, invoice book of Jacques-Donatien Leray de Chaumont, depositions taken before Benjamin Franklin, and navigational exercise booklets of George W. Stillman, relating to French military and economic assistance to the United States and American commerce during and after the Revolutionary War.
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