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But Dr. Smith contemplated, in case of his life being prolonged, 

 the publication of other volumes than these six of which I have 

 just written. These additional volumes were to contain his aca- 

 demical writings, together with many other matters, consisting of 

 fugitive and occasional pieces ; some of which had been printed in 

 separate pamphlets, some in newspapers, magazines, and other 

 periodical publications, and many yet in manuscript. Among these 

 productions were to be found: 



1. Addresses, Letters, etc., etc., to the people of Great Britain 

 and Ireland, during two years and a half, while employed, under 

 the authority of Royal Brief, in the great collection, for the better 

 establishment and support of the colleges of New York and 

 Philadelphia. 



2. Philosophical, Astronomical and Geographical papers, to be 

 found chiefly in the first volume of the Transactions of the Ameri- 

 can Philosophical Society; together with the Rules, Charter and 

 Laws for its first institution, and an oration before the society, 



3. An account of Thomas Godfrey, of Philadelphia, with full 

 proofs of his being the original inventor of what has been unjustly 

 called Hadley's Quadrant. 



4. Polemical writings, viz.: Cato's Letters, containing some re- 

 marks on Paine's " Common Sense." The Anatomist, in nineteen 

 numbers; contained in the second volume of "A Collection of 

 Tracts, on the subject of the residence of Protestant Bishops in the 

 American Colonies, and in answer to the writers who opposed it ; " 

 published in 1769, at New York, by John Holt. Theological 

 Lectures, delivered to the divinity students in the College of Phil- 

 adelphia; Correspondence with the Archbishop of Canterbury, in 

 the case of the Rev. Mr. Macclenachan ; Letter to the nineteen 

 Presbyterian ministers who advocated his cause. 



Political writings, viz.: Brief State and Brief View of the Politics 

 of the Legislatures of Pennsylvania, in 1755-56, near and about 

 the time of Braddock's defeat. Preface to a speech by J. Dickin- 

 son, Esq., in answer to Dr. Franklin's protest in the House of As- 

 sembly of Pennsylvania, with sundry other political papers, in a 

 contest with that House, which will be noticed below. 



5. Miscellaneous papers, viz.: The Rise, Progress and State of 

 the Canal Navigation of Pennsylvania ; sundry papers, addresses, 

 etc., to be found among the proceedings of the Society for Pro- 



