Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-01-13
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Oath before the Mayor IN 1874
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 ne 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 knowl-
edge or sugar Coated Pills had never been
manufactured or sold by any person before, and
that the statement, contained in the within are
true G.. BENZ SMITH, NJ u
Sworn before me, this 18th day of June, 1914.
JAMES HARPER,
Mayor of the Ciy 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-
plication for Patent for Pill Coated with su-
gar IL 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 l643, before which time
Sugar Coating was never heard OF
G. BENJAMIN SMITH, N D
New York, June Goth. 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 lIO Broadway and 10 Astor House
Israel RQndolph, N ID sc Liberty-stre
Horace Eyerett e6 Hudson street
John Castree, 81 Hudson street.. And also to
Gen c W Sandford II Warren-sgreet, n \, 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 P Is and are following
your business with honorable and praiseworty ex-
ertions Yours A SHERMAN, NJ d
106, Nassau-street, n Y
Important Fact-We, the undersigned, whole
sale Druggists in Louisville, Kentucky, are salts
fled from the information we can obtain, that Ds.
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 g. Carey, 492 Main-street
J s Norris d Co 46l do
Rupert q L;ndcnberger, 5lI 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, imitaors 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, gentleman in Louisville, Ky, was seized
with violent vomiting after their use.
Get the genuine or get none, and see that @
Benjamin Snlih is written with pen on the bot
tom Of each box
DR.. CH1LTON'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
lcal 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 Chuton N d, Chemist
New York, July 90, l945
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 nc,
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. A d IS45
w f HAVEMEYER, Mayor
tFrom Messrs Post 6 Willis of Rochester, NY1
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. We sell more of yours than all others
put together. Yours truly Post d WilIis
Principal Office l79 Greenwich St., large brick
block, n Y. Price % cents box
Agents in Monroe Co.
Theodore Schoch, Stroudsburg
Brodhead g. Brothers, Du'otsburg.
Jno. Marsh, Fennersvlle.
Daniel Brown, Chesnuthil
lT@ And sold throughout the United States ant
Cahada NAV 90, IS47
Fine Pen-Knives and Razors.
A good assortment for sale low hv