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William Stephens Smith (November 8, 1755 – June 10, 1816) was a United States representative from New York. He married Abigail "Nabby" Adams, the daughter of President John Adams, and so was a brother-in-law of President John Quincy Adams and an uncle of Charles Francis Adams Sr.
From the Battle of Long Island in 1776 until the withdrawal of British military forces from his native New York City in 1783, William Stephens Smith proved himself an exceptional military officer during the War for American Independence.
William Stephens Smith: el más constante de los amigos norteamericanos de Miranda, le prestará su ayuda en París en 1800 y colaborará en su tentativa de fomentar una rebelión independentista en Venezuela en 1806. Imagen: U.S. Marshals Service.
In a 1787 letter to William Stephens Smith, the son-in-law of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson used the phrase "tree of liberty": I do not know whether it is to yourself or Mr. Adams I am to give my thanks for the copy of the new constitution. I beg leave through you to place them where due.
When William Stephens Smith was born on 8 November 1755, in Long Island City, Queens, New York City, New York, United States, his father, John Smith, was 15 and his mother, Margaret Stephens, was 16. He married Abigail Adams on 11 June 1786, in Westminster, Middlesex, England.
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During the Course of Service Colonel Smith has had many opportunities, of Signalizing himself by his galantry intelligence & professional knowledge, in the several Battles enterprizes and Seiges at which he has been present, particularly in the Actions of Long Island & Harlaem heights, at the Seige of NewPort, in the expedition under the orders ...
25 de ene. de 2018 · President Jefferson stripped William Stephens Smith of his position and had him, along with Ogden, charged with treason for violating the Neutrality Act of 1794, which made it illegal for an American to wage war against a country at peace with the United States.
