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 9 



CHAPTER XXXVn. 



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 1 789 OF THE ACT OF 



Abrogation as Repugnant to Justice, Unconstitutional, and Danger 

 ous to Chartered Rights i8 



CHAPTER XXXIX. 



Washington made a 



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 29 



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, 17S0 — The 

 First Church Convention in Maryland — Address of the Parishes 



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