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 delphia. President of the Corporation for the Relief of the Widows and Children of Clergymen in the Communion of the Church of England in America.

Secretary of the American Philosophical Society, etc., etc.

HORACE WEMYSS SMITH,

Member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Editor of the "Miscellaneous Works of Richard Penn Smith," of "The York-Town Orderly Book," "Andreana," etc., etc.

VOL. II.

PHILADELPHIA:

PUBLISHED BY FERGUSON BROS. & CO.,

15 NORTH SEVENTH STREET.

MLT.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER XXXVI.

DR. SMITH PREACHES IN THE CHURCHES NEAR THE VALLEY FORGE-HIS CAT-

TLE AND HORSES ARE TAKEN FOR THE ARMY, BUT RESTITUTION OR COM-

PENSATION IS HONORABLY MADE BY ORDER OF GENERAL WASHINGTON—

MAKES OBSERVATIONS ALONG WITH RITTENHOUSE AND OTHER MEN OF

SCIENCE, ON AN ECLIPSE OF THE SUN-PREACHES ON ST. JOHN'S DAY,

BEFORE WASHINGTON AND THE SOCIETY OF FREE MASONS..

CHAPTER XXXVII.

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ON THE EVACUATION OF PHILADELPHIA BY THE BRITISH, DR. SMITH RETURNS

TO THE CITY, AND BEGINS THE WORK OF RE-ESTABLISHING THE College-

HIS GREAT SERVICES OF EVERY SORT, LITERARY, FISCAL AND OF BUSINESS

GENERALLY, HEREIN-THE College FINANCES PUT UPON AS GOOD A FOOT

AS PRACTICABLE IN THE SUPREMACY OF CONTINENTAL PAPER-INSTRUCTORS

BROUGHT BACK, AND DEGREES AGAIN ORDERED TO BE CONFERRED........ 13

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

THE ABROGATION OF THE COLLEGE CHARTER BY PRESident Reed AND THE

LEGISLATURE OF PENNSYLVANIA-A TRUTHFUL AND ELOQUENT HISTORY

OF THE TRANSACTION BY THE PROVOST STILLE-THE TRANSACTION

CHARACTERIZED AND CONDEMNED-THE EPISCOPAL ACADEMY FOUNDED

IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE INJUSTICE DONE TO THE COLLEge-Dr. SmitH

LEFT WITHOUT MEANS OF LIVING-FINAL REPEAL IN 1789 OF THE ACT OF

ABROGATION AS REPUGNANT TO JUSTICE, UNCONSTITUTIONAL, AND DANGER

OUS TO CHARTERED RIGHTS.....

CHAPTER XXXIX.

DR. SMITH INTERESTS HIMSELF IN HAVING GENERAL WASHINGTON MADe a

Grand Master over all the Masonic Lodges FORMED OR TO BE FORMED

IN THE UNITED STATES...

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CHAPTER XL.

DR. SMITH GOES TO CHESTERTOWN, KENT COUNTY, MARYLAND, AND ESTAB-

LISHES HIS SCHOOL, WHICH FINALLY BECAME WASHINGTON COLLEGE-

TAKES CHARGE OF A PARISH THERE-PREACHES A THANKSGIVING SERMON

FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PEACE AND INDEPENDENCE, JULY 4TH, 1780—

ASSEMBLES THE CHURCH IN CONVENTION, NOVEMBER 9TH, 1780-THE

FIRST CHURCH CONVENTION IN MARYLAND-ADDRESS OF THE PARISHES