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Smith, Jeremiah

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Nov. 29, 1759, in Peterborough, N. H. He was a representative in congress from New Hampshire in 1791, and continued there till 1797, being one of the last survivors of the distinguished men who participated with Washington in the administration of the government. He was chosen governor of New Hampshire in 1809; served as a presidential elector in 1809, and was for several years chief justice of the superior court of the state. He died Sept. 21, 1842, in Dover, N. H.

SMITH, JEROME VAN CROWNIN- SHIELD, physician, author, was born July 20, 1800, in Conway, N. H. He was a physician of Boston, where he was mayor in 1854, and subsequently of New York city. He was the author of Class Book of Anatomy; Life of Andrew Jackson; Natural History of the Fishes of Massachusetts; Pilgrimage to Palestine; Turkey and the Turks; and The Ways of Women. He died Aug. 21, 1879, in New York city.

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