Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-10-28
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Oath before the Mayor in 1874.
State of New York:

O0th 0eJOTc TIE mayer IN lOtf.
State of New York D..
City and County of New York,
[Ls1 G. BENJAMIN SMITH, within named,
being duly sworn, deposes and says, that he Is
citizen of the United States, and resides in the ci-
ty of New York and that he is the original lnven-
tor of Sugar Coated Pills. and that to his knowl-
edge or belef"Sugar Coated" Pills had never been
manufactured or sold by any person before and
that the statements contained in the within are
true G. BENZ SMITH, M ID
Sworn before me, this Nth day Of June, 1874.
JAMES HARPER,
Mayor of The Cny Of New York.
The above was sent to Washington with our
specification and application for Patent. The
following is the reply
Patent Office
Received this 18th day of June 1914, from DR..
G.. BENJAMIN Smith, the fee of $50, paid on his ap
plicati0n for Patent for Pill Coated with su-
gar El.LSH oR IL,
Commissioner of Patents.
THE ABOVE CONFiRMED!!
The following certificate is from the first Drug
gists and others in New York. which shows in
vented Sugar Coating in lS43, before which time
Sugar Coating was never heard of
G. BENJAMIN SMITH, M ID
New York, June 26th. 1914
We, the Undersigned never saw or heard OF 'Su-
gar Coated Pills. until DR. G Benjamin Smith man
ufactured and exhibited them to Us about year
since.
.Rushton d. Co 11o Broadway and 10 Astor House
Israel Randolph, W ID sc Liberty street
Horace Ererett. s6 Hudson-street
John Castree, 81 Hudson-street. And also to
Gen C w Sanford, IL Warren-street, Y, and
Also, hundreds of agents
G Benjamin Smith. Nj D. Dear sir: believe
you were the first by about year, 10 make and
Introduce Sugar Coated Pills. and are following
your business with honorable and pfafseworty ex-
ertions Yours A SHERMAN, M ID
106, Nassau-str N
Important Fact--We, the undersigned, whole
sale Druggists in Louisville, Kentucky, are satls-
fed from the information we can obtain, that DE-
Benjamin Smith is the original inventor of the
Sugar Coated Pills. We are prepared to supply
dealers at the New York price
Robinson, Peter q Carey, 492 Man-street
j S Morris d Co 46l do
Rupert d Lindenberger, 5ll do
George Lapping q Co 70 Fourth street
Bull d Alden, 81 do
The danger of being deceived is now apparent;
as DR.. Smiths Pills have become very popular
throughout the country, imitators have sought TO
palm off worthless stuff with coating of sugar
TO cover up most dangerous compound
Dr. Crumbecker, of Wheeling, Va, says that a
person in that place came near losing his life from
the effects of the counterfeit Sugar Coated Pills
Also, a Re0tIeuldn Ill hOulS'ilc, ~ "stS oCiIOu
with violent vomiting after their use.
Get the genuine get none, and see that q
BENJAMIN Smih is written with pen on the bot
tom of each box
DIR. CHILToN's EVIDENCE.
Some of DIR Smiths opponents have circulated
the report, that the astonishing cures these pills
have made, are attributable to mercury but the
first Chemist in New York, after minute chem
cal examination, gives the following:
Il. -x>C -, G.
Coated Indian Vegetable Pills, and find that they
do not contain mercury in any form
James r Chiffon, NJ D, Chemist
New York, July 30, ls45
State of New York, T..
City and County of New-Y York,
Personally appeared before me DIR G Benjamin
Smith, and made oath that the statement of Doct.
Chiffon above is true and that these Pills do not
contain any injurious substance, but they are en-
tirely composed of vegetable properties; and fur
ther, that he is the inventor of Sugar Coated
Pills. s. q BENJAMIN SMITH
Sworn before ME this 18th day of Aug. A ID lS45
VIZ HAVEMEYER, Mayor
tFrom Messrs Post & Willis of Rochester, N. W
Your Improved Indian Vegetable Sugar Coated
Pills are very popular here, particularly among the
higher classes. Clergymen and others have use9
them and think them decidedly preferable TO @.ny
other pills. We sell more of yours than all c'thers
put together. Yours truly Post q Wallis
Principal Office l79 Greenwich ST., large bricl
block, N Y. Price 25 cents box.
Agents in Monroe Co.
! Theodore Schoch, Streudsburg.
| Brodhead & Brothers, Dututsburg.
Jne. Marsh, Fennersville.
| Daniel Brown Chesnuthill.
% And sold throughout the United States an
1 Canada. sf NAV or. ISA7-
Fine Pen-kniyes and Razors.
good assortment. for sale .ow, by
JOHN "a. MELICK.