. The life and times of Thomas Smith, 1745-1809, a Pennsylvania member of the Continental congress . and HannasTown. It is known that he practiced at the last-mentionedplace about this time, but there is no record of his admis-sion in the Westmoreland courts. The same is true ofCarlisle, but at York, where it is known that he frequently ^ Hon. William P. Schell, who has written so interestingly ofBedfords history, states, however, that Thomas Smith practicedbefore his admission. ^ This structure, of which the only known view is here pre-sented, was built in 1774, according to the best authorit
. The life and times of Thomas Smith, 1745-1809, a Pennsylvania member of the Continental congress . and HannasTown. It is known that he practiced at the last-mentionedplace about this time, but there is no record of his admis-sion in the Westmoreland courts. The same is true ofCarlisle, but at York, where it is known that he frequently ^ Hon. William P. Schell, who has written so interestingly ofBedfords history, states, however, that Thomas Smith practicedbefore his admission. ^ This structure, of which the only known view is here pre-sented, was built in 1774, according to the best authority, and wasdirectly north of the present court house. The outside stairwayfaced the east and the other visible side the south. The upperpart was devoted to court purposes and the lower part and walledyard to the uses of a prison. This is a reproduction of a viewdrawn by an old lawyer, John Mower, Esq., when it was about tobe dismantled. Hon. William P. Schell thinks it accurate, exceptthat the stairs came down to the left instead of the right. Thisview was first published in the Bedford Bkdkord CoiKT HorsK OF 1774 LAWYER AND PUBLIC OFFICER 49 had business at an early date,^ he was admitted to practiceon January 25 of this year, 1774.^ This is the earliestrecorded admission, so far as is known. As to the nisi prius courts, in which he had so large apractice at a later date, the records, which, as has beenintimated, were in the hands of the Supreme Court, havebeen long since so scattered that most records even of hisbusiest years are lost, while of this early time no evidenceat all remains up to this period, the year 1774. ^ At the Pennsylvania Historical Society—in the MiscellaneousManuscripts of York and Cumberland counties of 1738-1800, p. 197—is a letter from Dr. William Smith to Robert Magaw, of Carlisle,in which he desires a certain payment made to my Brother atYork. It is dated July 6, 1772. * Data taken from the records by Judge John W. Bittenger,York, Pa. V
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