. The life and times of Thomas Smith, 1745-1809, a Pennsylvania member of the Continental congress . it, causedby his great practice, could be reduced. The court atCarlisle had far the larger business of the then live largecounties of the Fourth District; all of them were accessiblewith comparative ease for those days, so that he was at notime long absent from home, or far from it when he wasabsent. For while his district covered the vast territorynow included in Cumberland, Franklin, Perry, Juniata, alarge part of Mifflin, most of Centre, part of Clinton, halfof Clearfield, Huntingdon, Blair,
. The life and times of Thomas Smith, 1745-1809, a Pennsylvania member of the Continental congress . it, causedby his great practice, could be reduced. The court atCarlisle had far the larger business of the then live largecounties of the Fourth District; all of them were accessiblewith comparative ease for those days, so that he was at notime long absent from home, or far from it when he wasabsent. For while his district covered the vast territorynow included in Cumberland, Franklin, Perry, Juniata, alarge part of Mifflin, most of Centre, part of Clinton, halfof Clearfield, Huntingdon, Blair, Cambria, Somerset, Bed- vention where he distinguished himself—He is now President ofthe Courts over the Mountains, with a salary of £500 a year, ourmoney, whereas had he proceeded in his first views, he would havehardly expected £150. I mention him as an example of diligence& perseverance, aided by a proper education, strength of mind &prudent deportment.—De Renne Papers. * Letter to the author, dated June 15, 1903. r\ ^ »-»^f^«^?«Sf« ^l-,i ,»te^«M«ftisa«iSK;,.^ f ^ :l^. ^ ^ 3 t/) T3 WU II u §Q| 1^5 E jj A JUDGE IN THE REORGANIZED JUDICIARY 211 ford and Fulton—nearly a fourth of the State, the onlyplaces he was compelled to hold court were Carlisle, Lew-istown, Hunting-don, Bedford and Chambersburg. Inpopulation, Judge Smiths was the smallest of the five dis-tricts, containing about 56,000 people, while Judge Atleesdistrict contained over 120, In fact, the Fourth Dis-trict was about the size of the present Beaver division was so natural that it remained unchanged innumber for about fifteen years. Judge Smith received his commission before SeptemberI (1791), on which date he had it recorded at Carlisle whilethe court was in session, although there is no evidencethat he took his seat that term, which closed on the 27thof the He seems to have gone directly to Hunt-ingdon, where his commission was recorded on the 5th ofSeptember. Here
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