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Subject: Wm. Smith founding member of Columbia Univewrsity
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 19:06:30 EDT

On 8/3/04 (4:17:18 PM MDT), as part of an eMail, Ernie Smith
() wrote,

"I have been told that we are related to the Wm. Smith married a Livingston
lady that help found Columbia University in Brooklyn, NY."


Columbia University, formerly named King's College, was always in the City
and County of New York, and not in Brooklyn or Kings County.


L'Shannah Tovah* & Happy 5765,

Walter Greenspan

* L'Shannah Tovah (li-SHAH-nuh TOH-vuh; li-shah-NAH toh-VAH)
Hebrew. Lit. for a good year. A common greeting during Rosh ha Shannah and
Days of Awe. It is an abbreviation of L'shannah tovah tikatev v'taihatem (May
you be inscribed and sealed for a good year). This year, Rosh ha Shannah begins
at sunset on Wednesday, September 15 on the civil calendar.

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