OF THE LATE

SAMUEL J. SMITH,

OF BURLINGTON, N. J.

Collected and Arranged by One of the Family.

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WITH A NOTICE ILLUSTRATIVE OF HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER.

"Not a beauty blows,

And not an op'ning blossom breathes, in vain."

ENTERED, according to the act of congress, in the year 1836, by HENRY PERKINS, in the clerk's office of the district court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania.

A. WALDIE, PR.

Scraps from my Port Folio,

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Lines, written in the Album of a Young Friend,

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On a Picture of a Child falling from a Boat into the Water,

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Another Illustration of the same Subject,

For a Winter Scene on a Farm,

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Lines, written extempore, for a Child who asked for an Epitaph on

Paraphrase of Psalm xxxi. 2, 3-Isaiah xxxii. 2-Rev. xviii. 10,

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Lines, suggested by a recent visit to "Hickory Grove,"

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.

When those who have been distinguished for their integrity, and whom Providence has blessed with superior talents, are removed to another state of existence, the fruits of those talents, and the example of that integrity, in some cases, become properly the portion of their fellow beings; and in the hope that an humble sketch of the character of one who did "good by stealth," and sought not the voice of fame, may not be unacceptable, the following brief memoir is, with diffidence, presented to the public.

The late SAMUEL J. SMITH was descended from a family living in Yorkshire, England, in 1593, some of whom emigrated to this country, and were among the early settlers in New Jersey. For several generations they were employed in civil offices during the colonial government, though, as members of the religious society of Friends, their principles forbade their taking an active part in the conflict which severed these States from their parent stem. His grandfather, Samuel Smith, the author of the "History of New Jersey, written in 1765, (the only standard history of that state,) filled the office of treasurer while it was a