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Richard Penn Smith
Richard Penn Smith (March 13, 1799 - August 12, 1854)〔(Google Books: Cyclopædia of American Literature, Volume 2 )〕 was a minor American playwright who is best known for writing a largely fictitious account of events at and leading up to the Battle of the Alamo, which was presented as the work of Davy Crockett.〔Published as ''On to the Alamo : Col. Crockett’s Exploits and Adventures in Texas'', Richard Penn Smith ; edited with an introduction and notes by John Seelye. Penguin Classics, 2003. ISBN 0-14-243764-6〕
==Life and career==
Smith was born in Philadelphia. His father was a well-known minister and his grandfather had been the first provost of the College of Philadelphia. In 1818 he began his legal studies in the law offices of William Rawle. During that time, he began writing a column called "The Plagiarist" for a local newspaper. This prompted him to purchase a small newspaper named "The Aurora" which he edited from 1822-1827. The next year his first play, "Quite Correct", was produced at the Chestnut Street Theater. That same year, he sold "The Aurora" and returned to legal practice to support his theatrical work. He had written over thirteen plays by 1836, when he stopped writing following the publication of "Davy Crockett's Journal". He was married twice and had 5 children with each wife. Only 1 survived from the first marriage, but all 5 from the second remained alive. He died at his home in Philadelphia in 1854.〔''The Life and Writings of Richard Penn Smith, with a Reprint of his Play, "The Deformed,"'' by Bruce Welker McCullough, George Banta publishing company, 1917.〕
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