Letter, 1765 May 17, Philad[elphi]a, to "Loving Friend" [Samuel Smith] / A[nthony] B[enezet].

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Letter, 1765 May 17, Philad[elphi]a, to "Loving Friend" [Samuel Smith] / A[nthony] B[enezet].

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Holograph letter from Anthony Benezet to Samuel Smith. Letter refers to the publication of Smith's History

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Smith, Samuel, 1720-1776

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Samuel Smith, the son of Abigail Raper and Richard Smith (d.1751), was born in Burlington, New Jersey on December 13, 1720. Smith established himself as a merchant in Philadelphia before returning to Burlington where he became involved in politics. He served as the Treasurer of the Western Division of the Colony of New Jersey from 1750-1775, a Justice of the Peace, a member of New Jersey's Council from 1763-1775, and as Mayor of Burlington. In addition, he took a key role in the establishment of...

Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784

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Anthony Benezet, born Antoine Bénézet (January 31, 1713 – May 3, 1784), was a French-American abolitionist and educator who was active in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One of the early American abolitionists, Benezet founded one of the world's first anti-slavery societies, the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage (after his death it was revived as the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery); the first public school for girls in North America; and t...