OF THE REV. WILLIAM SMITH, D.D., = First Provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia. First President of Washington College, Maryland. President of the St. Andrew's Society of Phila- Secretary of the American Philosophical Society, etc., etc. Member of the Historical Society of Pennsyvania. Editor of the "Miscellaneous Works of Richard Penn Smith," of "The York-Town Orderly Book," VOL. I. PHILADELPHIA : PUBLISHED BY S. A. GEORGE & CO., 15 NORTH SEVENTH STREET. 190. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1878, by S. A. GEORGE & CO., In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. PRAFTERS YOUTHFUL VENERATION FOR MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER MADE HIM THE ALPHA OF MY LIFE. AGE AND FILIAL AFFECTION HAVE MADE MY GRANDCHILDREN THE OMEGA. I Therefore Dedicate these Volumes to RICHARD PENN AND RUSSELL MOORE SMITH, WHOM I LOVE, HOPING THAT THE BRIGHT FAME OF OUR ANCESTOR MAY BE TO THEM THE GUIDING INSPIRATION OF THEIR LIVES. |