The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Schmucker, Samuel Mosheim

SCHMUCKER, shŭuk'ėr, or SMUCKER, Samuel Mosheim, American historical writer: b. New Market, Va., 12 Jan. 1813; d. Philadelphia, Pa., 12 May 1863. He was graduated at Washington College, Pennsylvania, in 1840, and was licensed to preach in the Lutheran Church. In 1848 he resigned his duties as a pastor to study law, was admitted to the bar and practised for a time in Philadelphia; but after 1855 devoted himself almost wholly to literature. Author of &lsquo;Errors of Modern Infidelity&rsquo; (1848); &lsquo;Court and Reign of Catherine II, Empress of Russia&rsquo; (1855); &lsquo;Life of John C. Fremont&rsquo; (1856); &lsquo;Life of Alexander Hamilton&rsquo; (1856); &lsquo;Life of Thomas Jefferson&rsquo; (1857); &lsquo;Arctic Explorations and Discoveries&rsquo; (1857); &lsquo;Life of Dr. Elisha Kane and Other American Discoverers&rsquo; (1858); &lsquo;History of Modern Jews&rsquo; (1860); &lsquo;Life of Daniel Webster&rsquo; (1859), etc. At his death he had completed one volume of his &lsquo;History of the Civil War in the United States&rsquo; (1863).