Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-11-11
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Oath before the Mayor in 1914.
State of New York:
City and County of New York,


State of New York:
City and County of New York,
[Ls.1 G.. BENJAMIN SMITH, within named,
being duly sworn, deposes and says, that he is
citizen of the United States, and resides in the cl-
tv 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
manufactured or sold by any person before, and
that the statements contained in the within are
true G. BENZ. SMITH, NJ ID
Sworn before me, this 4th day of June, 1871.
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, 1874, from Dr.
G. Benjamin Smith, the fee of $50, paid on his APP
plication for Patent for Pill Coated with su-
gar IL l. ELLSWORTH,
Commissioners 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, NJ d
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 a year
since.
Rushton q Co ITO Broadway and 10 Astor House
Israel Randolph, M ID sc Liberty-street
Horace EUerett, sc Hudson. street
John Castree, 81 Hudson street. And also to
Gen c w Sanford, IL Warren-street, n Y, and
Also, hundreds of agents
G. BENJAMIN Smith, M D-Dear sir: / believe
you were the first by about year, TO make and
nd foil ino
your business with honorable and praseworty ex-
ertions Yours A SHERMAN, NJ ID
LOG, Nassau street, n
Important Fact--We, the undersigned, whole
sale Druggists in Louisville Kentucky, are satis-
fed from the information we can obtain, that DR..
G Benjamin Smith is the original inventor of the
Sugar Coated Pills. We prepared to supply
dealers at the New York price
Robinson Peter d Carey, 492 Main-street
j S Morris d Co 46l do
Rupert q, Linden5erger, 5II do
George Lapping d Co 79 Fourth street
Bull d Alden, 81 do
The danger of being deceived is apparent;
as DIR. 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
DIR. Crumbecker, of Wheeling, Va, says that a
person in that place near losing his life from
the effects of the counterfeit Sugar Coated Pills
Also, a gentleman in Louisville, Ky, was seized
with violent vomiting after their use.
Get the genuine get none, and see that g
BENJAMIN Smith is written with pen on the bot
tom of each box
DR. CHILTON'S EVIDENCE.
Some of DR. 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
ical examination. 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 Chilton, NJ ID, Chemist
New York, July 90, 1915
State of New York, L.
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, but they are en-
trely composed of vegetable properties and fur
ther, that he is the inventor of Sugar Coated
Pills G BENJAMIN SMITH
Sworn fore me this 18th day of Aug. A D l845
w + HAVEMEYER, Mayor
tFrom Messrs. Post & Willis of Rochester ~ W
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 Posi- d Willis
Principal Office 179 Greenwich ST., large brick
block, N Y. Price 25 cents box.
Agents in Monroe Co.
Theodore Schoch, Stroudsburg
Brodhead q Brothers, Dutotsburg
Jno. Marsh, Fennersvlle.
Daniel Brown, Chesnuthill
% And sold throughout the United States and
Canada. may 90 lS47
Fine Pen-k nives and RaZOrs.
good assortment, for sale low, by