Sunday, January 18, 2015

Smith, William - 1803

1803, 16 May
H.D. [Henry Drinker] received a note of invitation for him and family "to attend the Funeral of the Reverend Doctor Smith from his son's house at the corner of Chestnut and Fifth streets".  [Dr. William Smith, first Provost of the College of Philadelphia].

~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 620 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.

You can visit the memorial page for the original location for Rev William Smith.  William was
re-interred at Laurel Hill on August 18, 1854.

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