Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-06-10
Oath before tile Mayor in 1914
State Of New York:
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State of New York:
City and County of New York,
f. 81 G.. BENJAMIN SMITH, within named,
being duly sworn, deposes>and says, that he is a
citizen of the United States, and resides in the ci
ty of New York: and that he is the original inven
tor of Sugar Coated Pills., and that to his knowl
edge or belief Sugar Coated Pills had never been
ilrat the statements contained in the within are
true e. BENZ. SMITH NJ d
Sworn before me, this l4th day of June, 1874
JAMES HARPER,
Mayor of The City 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
plica;on for Patent for Pill Coated with su
gar II L ELLSWORTH,
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 Is43, before which time
Sugar Coating was never heard of
G. BENJAMIN SMITH, N d
New York. June beth, 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 llo Broadway and 10 Astor House
Israel Randolph, NJ ID Sc Liberty y-street
Horace EUerett, s6 Hudson-street
John Castree, 81 Hudson street. And also to
Gen c W Sanford, I2 Warren-street, n Y, and
Also, hundreds of agents
G Benjamin Smith, NJ D. Dear sir: l believe
you were the first by about year, TO make and
introduce Sugar Coated Pills. and are following
your business"with honorable and praiseworty ex-
ertions Yours A SHERMAN, NJ d
log, Nassau-street n
Important Fact--We, the undersigned, whole
sale Druggists in Louisville, Kentucky, are salts
fed from the information we can obtain, that Dr.
G Benjamin Smith is the original inventor of the
Sugar Coated Pills. We are prepared to supply
dealers at the New York price
Robinson, Peter & Carey, 492 Main nstreet
J S Morris e} Co 46l do
Rupert d Lindenberger. 5lI do
George Lapping d Co 70 Fourth street
Bull j 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
10 cover up most dangerous compound
Dr. Crumbecker, of Wheeling, Va, says that
person in hat!place came near losing his life from
the effects of the counterfeit Sugar Coated Pills
Also, gentleman in Louisville, Ky, was seized
with violent vomiting after their use.
Get the genuine or get none, and see that q
Benjamin Smith is written with pen on the bot
tom of each box
DR.. CHILTON'S EVIDENCE.
Some of DIR Smiths opponents have circulated
the report, that the astonishing these pills
have made, are attributable TO mercury but the
first Chemist in New York, after minute chem
ical examinations gives the following:
| have analysed box OF Doctor Smiths Sugar
Coated Indian Vegetable Pills, and find that they
do not contain mercury in any form
James r ChHton, NJ d, Chemist
New York, July 30, ls45
Is State of New York,
City and County of New-York,
Personally appeared before me DR. 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, bat they are en-
tlrely composed of vegetable properties; and fur
ther, that he is the inventor of Sugar Coated
Pills G BENJAMIN SMITH
Sworn before me this 18th day of Aug. A D l845
w + HAVEMEYER, Mayor
(From Messrs Post Willis, OF Rochester, N. "
Your Improved Indian Vegetable Sugar Coated
Pills very popular here, particularly among the
higher classes. Clergymen and others have used
them, and think them decidedly preferable to any
other pills We sell more Of yours than all others
put together Yours truly Post q, Wills
! Principal Office 10 Greenwich ST., large brick
block, \ Y. Price % cents box.
Agents in Monroe Co.
Schoch & Spering, Stroudsburg.
Brodhead & Brothers, Dutotsburg
Jno Marsh, Fennersville.
Daniel Brown, Chesnuthill.
q And sold throughout the United States and
Canada. may 90, lS47
FIOLINs AND FLUTES.
AT from S so 10 $3.50, for sale by
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