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Samuel Harrison Smith (27 January 1772 – 1 November 1845) was an American journalist and newspaper publisher. He founded the ''National Intelligencer'' at Washington in 1800. Joseph Gales became his assistant in 1807 and sole proprietor in 1810. He was a friend, confidant and counselor to president Thomas Jefferson. In February 1801 Smith published Jefferson's Manual, "A Manual of Parliamentary Practice for the Use of the Senate of the United States."〔http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/No_Hissing.htm〕 In 1813 Smith was appointed Commissioner of the Revenue for the United States Treasury Department by President Madison, and on September 30, 1814, Secretary of the Treasury, ad interim. During the period 1809-19 he was president of the Bank of Washington and then president of the Washington branch of the Bank of the United States until the position was abolished in 1835. He was married to the author Margaret Bayard Smith, first cousin to James A. Bayard who was highly influential in the 1800 presidential election. ==References== 〔 * (''Samuel Harrison Smith, printer of the original edition of this Volume'' ) in: "The Journal of the House of Representatives" Thomas Jefferson administration 1801-1809, Volume 2, Seventh Congress, Second Session December 1802 – March 1803 * (''The first forty years of Washington society, portrayed by the family letters of Mrs. Samuel Harrison Smith (Margaret Bayard)'' from the collection of her grandson, J. Henley Smith ). Edited by Gaillard Hunt. Publisher: Charles Scribner's sons New York 1906 - Internet Archive - online * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samuel Harrison Smith (printer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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