Background
Smith, John Jay was born on June 16, 1798 in Green Hill, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. Son of John and Gulielma (Morris) S.: M. Rachel Collins Pearsall, April 12, 1821, 7 children including Lloyd Pearsall. Publisher (with George Taylor) Pennsylvania Gazette, 1827-1829.
Career
Editor (with Adam Waldie) Waldie’s Select Circulating Library (weekly, republishing famous foreign Editor Music; editor The North American Sylva (Francois Andre Michau), 1850-1851. Editor (assisted by John F. Watson) American History.
Editor Smith’s Weekly Volume, 1845-1846, Letters of Doctor
