l800] REV. WILLIAM SMITH, D. D. 41I 



After being used on the court-house until May, 1848, it was 

 placed upon the public school-house, and remained in use there 

 until December 12th, 1861, on the morning of which day, a very 

 cold and frosty one, on ringing it for school, it was suddenly 

 cracked. 



I now find in Dr. Smith's diary the following entry : 



March 13th, 1799. The wife of my son, William Moore Smith, gave 

 birth to a son, whom they call Richard Penn, after his honor, Richard 

 Penn, Esq. 



Of this grandson of Dr. Smith, so long a well-known citizen of 

 Philadelphia, my readers will, I trust, excuse a son's affection, if I 

 give, in the conclusion of this volume, some little sketch of his 

 life and literary labors;* 



On June iith, 1799, the General Convention met again in 

 Christ Church, Philadelphia. Dr. Smith was again elected Presi- 

 dent, At this convention, however, he was too feeble to take an 

 active part. He was placed, nevertheless, upon a Committee to 

 draft a Course of Study, for candidates for holy orders. I find no 

 account of the committee having made a report. It is probable — • 

 indeed it would seem almost certain — that the Course proposed 

 by Bishop White at a subsequent convention, that of 1804, had 

 from his old friend and preceptor at least a general approval. 



CHAPTER LIX. 



Dr. Smith III at Lancaster— Letter to his son, William Moore Smith — 

 Death of Governor Mifflin — Dr. Smith preaches a Guarded Funeral 

 Sermon upon him — Gilbert Stuart makes a Portrait of Dr. Smith- 

 Several copies and engravings made of it— Bust made by Storke — Gen- 

 eral Convention of 1801 — Dr. Smith present at it, but too feeble to 

 take much part in it — Builds and Inscribes a Mausoleum — Death of his 

 Sister and his man Primus — IIis last Will, 



The early part of this year ( 1 800) found Dr. Smith ill at the house 

 of his son, Charles, in the city of Lancaster. He makes mention of 

 this sickness in his will. We have a letter to one of his sons at 



*See Appendix No, IX. 



