John Jay Smith, American editor, librarian. famous foreign
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