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On February i ith General John Cadwalader died at his seat in 

 Kent county, Maryland, in the 44th year of his age. He was 

 sincerely valued by Dr. Smith, to whose splendid abilities he in 

 turn looked up with admiration. Dr. Smith followed his remains 

 to the old Parish Church at Shrewsbury, at which place he was 

 buried; and here the Doctor preached a funeral discourse upon 

 him. It is a matter which I much regret that the manuscript 

 has not come down to my hands. The following inscription 

 is upon General Cadwalader's tomb : 



In Memory of 

 GENERAL JOHN CADWALADER, 



Who departed this life the nth of February, 1786, aged 44 

 Years, i month and i day. 



The following character was given him by Thomas Paine, who, during 

 his life-time, had been his violent political enemy: 



" His early affectionate patriotism will endear 

 His memory to all the true friends of the American 

 Revolution. It may with the strictest justice be 

 Said of him that he possessed a heart incapable 

 Of deceiving. His manners were formed on the 

 Nicest sense of honor, and the whole tenor of his 

 Life was governed by this principle — the companions 

 Of his youth were the companions of his manhood. 

 He never lost a friend by insincerity' nor made 

 One by deception. His domestic virtues were truly 

 Exemplary, and while they serve to endear the 

 Remembrance, they embitter the loss of him to all 

 His numerous friends and connections." 



This stone is placed by his affectionate children to mark 

 The spot where his remains are deposited. 



We are rendering our volume perhaps too much of a family 

 diary by the insertion of facts and letters relating chiefly to 

 domestic events. But such letters bring us into the best portion 

 of a great man's life, and the letter which follows, from the wife 

 of Dr. Smith to their son, may, I trust, be inserted without more 

 apology, referring as it does to the two distinguished persons 

 whose deaths I have so recently chronicled. 



