Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-08-05
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Oath before the Mayor an 1914

State of New York
City and County of New York,
H. 81 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 inven
tor of Sugar Coated Pills." and that to his know
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 SMI1IE NJ II |
Sworn before me, this 14th 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 a Patent The
following is the reply
Patent Office
Received this 18th day of June. 1874, from DR..
c. Benjamin Smith, the fee of $50, paid on his ap-
plication for Patent for : Pill Coated with su-
gar ii ELLSWOltl II,
Commissioner of Patents.
THE ABOVE CONFIRMED! -!
The following certificate is from the first Drug
pists 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 ID
New York, June goth, 1874
We, the undersigned, never saw or heard OF Su-
gar Coated Pills, until DR. G Benjamin Smith man.
since.
Rushton d Co ITO Broadway and 10 Astor House
Israel Randolph, NJ D sc Liberty street
Horace EUerett, 86 Hudson-street
John Castree, 81 Hudson street. And also to
Gen c w Sanford, - Warren-s,reet 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
h,,e1,
ertions Yours A SHERMAN, NJ ID
LOG, Nassau-stree n Y
Important Fdct--Ws, the undersigned, whole
sale Druggists in Louisville, Kentucky, are salts
fed from the information obtain, that DIR.
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 q Co 46l do
Rupert d Linden6erger, 5ll do
George Lapping d Co 79 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
DIR. 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, 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 a pen ON the bot
tom of each box
DIR. CHILTON'S EVIDENCE.
Some of DR. Smiths opponents have circulated
the report that the astonishing cures these pills
have made, 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 Chiffon NJ d. Chemist
| New York, July 30, l645
State of New York,
City and County of New 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 en-
trely composed of vegetable properties; and fur
ther that he is the inventor of Sugar Coated
! Pills G BENJAMIN SMITH
Sworn be fore me this 18th day of Aug A d l845
w + HAVEMEYER, Mayor
(From Messrs Post 6 Willis, of Rochester, N.Y.
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 d Willis
i Principal Office l79 Greenwich ST., large brick
block, N Y. Price 25 cents box.
i Agents in Monroe Co.
Theodore Schoch, Stroudsburg
Brodhead & Brothers, Duotsburg.
Jno. Marsh, 'Fennersvile
Daniel Brown, ChesHuthill.
O. And sold throughout the United States and
Canada. may 90, lS47
NIoLINs AND FLUTES.