Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-10-21
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Oath before the Mayor in 1914


Oath before the Mayor in 1914.
State of New York:
City and County of New York,
IL 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'sSugar Coated" Pills had 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 18th day of June, 1914.
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 ap-
pcation for Patent for Pill Coated with su-
gar H L ELLSWORTH,
Commissioner of Patents.
THE ABOVE CONFlRMED!tl
The following certificate is from the first Drug
gists and others in New York, which shows | in
vented Sugar Coating in 1643, before which time
Sugar Coating was never heard of
G.. BENJAMIN SMITH, NJ D
New York, June Goth. 1914
we, tne Undersigned, never saw OF uedTu vi Su-
gar Coated Pills. until Dr G Benjamin Smith man.
ufactured and exhibited them to US about a year
since.
Rushton q Co no Broadway and 10 Astor House
Israel Randolph NJ d Sc Liberty street
Horace Euerett e6 Hudson-stree
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: 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 d Carey, 492 Main-street
j S Morris d Co 46l do
Rupert d Lindenberger 5II do
George Lqpping q Co 70 Fourth street
Bull d. Alden, 81 s. . 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
person in that place came 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 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 a minute chem
ical examination, gives the following:
have analyZed a box OF Doctor Smiths Sugar
Coated Indian Vegetable Pills, and find that they
do not contain mercury in any form
iat James r ChRton, NJ D, Chemist
New York, July 90, l845
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, but they are en-
tirely 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. d Is45
w f HAVEMEYER, Mayor
tFrom Messrs. Post s 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 used
them and think them decidedly preferable to any
other pills. y We semore of yours than all others
put together. Yours truly Post d Willis
Principal Office I79 Greenwich ST., large brick
block, N Y. Price 25 cents box.
Agents in Monroe Co.
Theodore Schoch, Stroudsburg.
Brodhaad & Brothers, Dutotsburg.
Jno. Marsh. Fennersville
Daniel Brown. Chesnuthil
OF And sold throughout the United States and
Cahaoa. IS s. 81 q NlI5f NAV 20, 1S47
Fine Pen-knives and Razors.
good assoIlmeni. for sale low. hv