. The life and times of Thomas Smith, 1745-1809, a Pennsylvania member of the Continental congress . were on theDistrict bench, and A. J. Dallas was Secretary of the Com-monwealth, but most of his old colleagues and rivals camebefore him both at Philadelphia and on the circuit. Thisfirst April term was short, lasting only from the 7th tothe 19th of April, inclusive. He was on the bench in August, too, but this wasprobably a Nisi Prius court; while thus engaged theWhiskey Insurrection had reached such proportions in theWest that, besides military measures, President Washing-ton had directed the
. The life and times of Thomas Smith, 1745-1809, a Pennsylvania member of the Continental congress . were on theDistrict bench, and A. J. Dallas was Secretary of the Com-monwealth, but most of his old colleagues and rivals camebefore him both at Philadelphia and on the circuit. Thisfirst April term was short, lasting only from the 7th tothe 19th of April, inclusive. He was on the bench in August, too, but this wasprobably a Nisi Prius court; while thus engaged theWhiskey Insurrection had reached such proportions in theWest that, besides military measures, President Washing-ton had directed the appointment of a Commission to con-fer with the insurgents and aid in preventing Commission was composed of Attorney-GeneralBradford, James Ross, Esq., of Pittsburg, and JusticeJasper Yeates, the first mentioned to choose Justice ThomasSmith in case Yeates or Ross was prevented from serving. 2They were not prevented, however, and their excellent workin quieting the minds of the insurrectionary element is a ^Docket 13, p. 417. Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. IV, p. The Supreme Court ok Pennsylvania in 1794 A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE 231 matter of well-known history. The regular September termlasted from the first Monday until the 19th of that month,and after that the cool weather enabled him to settle with hisfamily in Philadelphia, an achievement which was well ac-compHshed during October. The metropolis was estimated to contain 55,000 in-habitants at this time, and numbered houses ceased atNinth street.^ West of that were suburban and countryseats. President Washington was at 190 High or Marketstreet and Robert Morris at 192—these being the last twonumbers on the south side of the street before Sixth streetwas reached. Governor Mifflin lived at 248 High street,and had the executive office on the second floor of theState House. Jared Ingersol, Attorney-General for theState, lived at 270 High or Market street, and JusticeJames Wilson of the Nation
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