Smith, William Rudolph, 1787-1868

found: His Discourse delivered before the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, at its first annual meeting, 1850:t.p. (William R. Smith)

found: Wallace, W. A dict. of No. Amer. authors, 1951(Smith, William Rudolph; soldier and historian; b. 1787; d. 8/29/1868)

found: MWA/NAIP files(hdg.: Smith, William Rudolph, 1787-1868; usage: William Rudolph Smith; William R. Smith)

found: Report of Wm. R. Smith, State Historian of the State of Wisconsin, for the year 1854, 1855.

found: Wikipedia, September 19, 2021(William Rudolph Smith (August 31, 1787-August 22, 1868) was an American lawyer, politician, pioneer, and historian from Pennsylvania who served as the 5th Attorney General of Wisconsin and the first President of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Born in Trappe, Pennsylvania; He died on August 22, 1868, while visiting one of his daughters living in Quincy, Illinois; while living in Pennsylvania, he served as a Federalist member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Senate) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rudolph_Smith