SMITH, ELIHU HUBBARD
Elihu Hubbard Smith, born in Litchfield, Conn., September 4, 1771, died in New York, September 21, 1798, a graduate of Yale and physician of Philadelphia, where his father was also a noted doctor. He wrote a number of poems and sonnets for the magazines. He edited the first collection (1793) ever made of American poetry. Founder with Drs. Edward Miller and Samuel L. Mitchell of The Medical Repository. His death was caused by yellow fever contracted from a patient, a stranger who was taken by him into his own house for treatment.
Edwin and Angelina; or, The Banditti. An Opera in Three Acts. New York: T. and J. Swords, 1797. 8vo, pp. 72.
Played at the John Street Theatre, New York, December 19, 1796. When printed it was preceded by a dedication to Reuben and Abigail Smith, the author's parents.
SMITH, JONATHAN S.
The Siege of Algiers; or, the Downfall of Hadgi-Ali Bashaw. A Tragi-Comedy. Philadelphia, 1823. 8vo, pp. 140.
SMITH, RICHARD PENN
Richard Penn Smith, born in Philadelphia in 1790, died there in 1854. He was educated as a lawyer. For five years he was editor of The Aurora, and contributed to a number of other periodicals. His books, not dramatic, were a novel, in 1831, called The Forsaken, in two volumes; and The Actress of Padua and Other Tales. He died August 12, 1854. He wrote fifteen plays in all.
The 8th of January. A Drama in Three Acts. Philadelphia, 1829. 16mo, pp. iv.-54.
The Deformed; or, Woman's Trial. A Play, Philadelphia, 1830. 12mo, pp. 87.
The Disowned; or, The Prodigals. A Play. Philadelphia, 1830. 12mo, pp. 67.