SMITH, Jonathan Bayard, a Delegate from
Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., February 21, 1742; received an English
education, and was graduated from Princeton College in 1760; secretary of the
Philadelphia Committee of Safety 1775-1777; Member of the Continental Congress
in 1777 and 1778; prothonotary of the court of common pleas in 1777 and 1778;
appointed justice of the court of common pleas in 1778; one of the founders in
1779 of the University of the State of Pennsylvania and a member of its board of
trustees until its consolidation in 1791 with the College of Philadelphia into
the University of Pennsylvania, serving as a trustee of the latter institution
until his death; also a trustee of Princeton College from 1779 until 1808;
served on the board of aldermen of Philadelphia 1792-1794; auditor general of
Pennsylvania in 1794; died in Philadelphia, Pa., June 16, 1812; interment in the
graveyard of the Second Presbyterian Church. - -Biographical
Data courtesy of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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