James M. Smith
John M. Smith (ca. 1810 New Baltimore, Greene County, New York – June 5, 1898 Manhattan, New York City) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
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“Every nation ... whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy of its wiser neighbors.”
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