Smith's birth date may have been 1756 -- see J.A. O'Reilly III. Memorials of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati (2004) p. 358. He was an original member of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati. Appoints Smith as ensign "in the Regiment of Foot ... raised by this state to serve in the Continental Army, whereof Thomas Marshall Esq. is Colonel." "...[T]his shall be your sufficient warrant till you shall receive a commission in manner and form pointed out by the Resolves of Congress of March the 8th & June 28th 1779. On verso: Wm Hunts'...amnts to 8.11s.7; also: Nancy Smith her hand Marshall was Col. or the 10th Massachusetts Regiment. Watermark: C Taylor. (Gravell. Foreign watermarks, 677.) Mounted on a sheet 20 x 31. Torn in two places at folds.