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a Presbyterian minister, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 17, 1793. He enjoyed the advantages of an early religious training; graduated at Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N.J.; studied theology in the seminary in that place; was licepsed by the Classis of New Brunswick, May 27, 1819; entered upon his work as a missionary in New Jersey, and for three years performed the toilsome duties of his calling. In 1822 he connected himself with the Presbyterian Church; was ordained by the Philadelphia Second. Presbytery over the Third Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, Md., and subsequently was settled in Germantown, Pa.; Frederick City, Md.; Trenton, N.J.; and Harrisburg, Pa. He died July 30, 1861. Mr. Smaltz was a plain, practical preacher, and conscientious in the discharge of al his duties. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1862, p. 118. (J.L.S.)