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  A discourse concerning the conversion of the heathen Americans, and the final propagation of Christianity and the sciences to the ends of the earth. In two parts. Part I. Preached before a voluntary convention of the Episcopal clergy of Pennsylvania, and places adjacent, at Philadelphia, May 2d, 1760; and published at their joint request. Part II. Preached before the trustees, masters and scholars of the College and Academy of Philadelphia, at the first anniversary commencement. / By William Smith, D.D. provost of the said college and academy.
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  1760
  

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  Smith, William, 1727-1803. ; Secker, Thomas, 1693-1768, dedicatee. ; College, Academy, and Charitable Schools of Philadelphia.
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  Dedicated to Thomas Secker. The 1790 edition recorded by Bristol is a ghost of the present edition. Booksellers' advertisement, p. [55-56].
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  A general idea of the College of Mirania; with a sketch of the method of teaching science and religion, in the several classes: and some account of its rise, establishment and buildings. Address'd more immediately to the consideration of the trustees nominated, by the Legislature, to receive proposals, &c. relating to the establishment of a college in the province of New-York. : [Three lines of quotations in Latin]
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  1753
  

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  Smith, William, 1727-1803.
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  Outlining "a purely fictitious institution" to show the kind of college William Smith thought suitable for a new country. The concept informed the founding of the University of Pennsylvania. Cf. Wood, G.B. Early hist. of ...
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  A poem on visiting the Academy of Philadelphia, June 1753. [Three lines in Latin from Virgil]
  Date of publication:
  1753
  

  Author(s):

  Smith, William, 1727-1803.
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  Dedication to the trustees of the Philadelphia Academy signed by the author on p. iv: William Smith, Philadelphia, June 5, 1753. Smith wrote this poem during his first visit to the new Academy. "Ascribed to B[enjamin] ...
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  A sermon on the present situation of American affairs. Preached in Christ-Church, June 23, 1775. At the request of the officers of the Third Battalion of the city of Philadelphia and district of Southwark. / By William Smith, D.D. Provost of the college in that city.
  Date of publication:
  1775
  

  Author(s):

  Smith, William, 1727-1803.
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  (Evans-TCP ; no. N11435) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 14460) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  A sermon preached in Christ-Church, Philadelphia, (for the benefit of the poor) by appointment of and before the general communication of Free and Accepted Masons of the state of Pennsylvania, on Monday December 28, 1778. Celebrated, agreeable to their constitution, as the anniversary of St. John the Evangelist. / By William Smith, D.D. provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia.
  Date of publication:
  1779
  

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  Smith, William, 1727-1803. ; Washington, George, 1732-1799, dedicatee. ; Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania.
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  Dedicated to George Washington by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. Parentheses substituted for square brackets enclosing "for the benefit of the poor" in title. With an errata slip. "... short account of the procession of ...
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  A sermon, on temporal and spiritual salvation: delivered in Christ-Church, Philadelphia, before the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati. / By William Smith, D.D. provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia. ; Prepared and published at the request of the society.
  Date of publication:
  1790
  

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  Smith, William, 1727-1803. ; State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania.
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  Delivered July 4th, 1790, in celebration of American independence. Half-title: A sermon, &c. "Proposals for printing by subscription, a body of sermons, upon the most important branches of practical Christianity. By William ...
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  Additions to Plain truth; addressed to the inhabitants of America, containing, further remarks on a late pamphlet, entitled Common sense: wherein, are clearly and fully shewn, that American independence, is as illusory, ruinous, and impracticable, as a liberal reconciliation with Great Britain, is safe, honorable, and expedient. / Written by the author of Plain truth. ; [Six lines of quotation]
  Date of publication:
  1776
  

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  Chalmers, James, 1727?-1806. ; Smith, William, 1727-1803. ; Chalmers, James, 1727?-1806. Plain truth; addressed to the inhabitants of America. ; United States. Continental Congress. Extract from the journal of the proceedings ... September fifth, 1774 ...
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  Attributed to Chalmers by T.R. Adams. Erroneously attributed to William Smith by Evans. Issued with: Chalmers, James. Plain truth; addressed to the inhabitants of America ... Philadelphia : R. Bell, 1776 (Bristol B4191). ...
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  An Exercise, containing a dialogue and ode sacred to the memory of His Late Gracious Majesty, George II. Performed at the public commencement in the College of Philadelphia, May 23d, 1761. : The ode written and set to music by Francis Hopkinson, Esq; M.A. in said college.
  Date of publication:
  1761
  

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  Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791. ; Smith, William, 1727-1803. ; College, Academy, and Charitable Schools of Philadelphia.
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  The dialogue was written by Dr. William Smith. Cf. Hopkinson, F. The miscellaneous essays and occasional writings of Francis Hopkinson, Esq., 1792, v. 3.
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  An historical account of the expedition against the Ohio Indians, in the year 1764. Under the command of Henry Bouquet, Esq: colonel of foot, and now brigadier general in America. : Including his transactions with the Indians, relative to the delivery of their prisoners, and the preliminaries of peace. : With an introductory account of the preceeding campaign, and battle at Bushy-Run. : To which are annexed military papers, containing reflections on the war with the savages; a method of forming frontier settlements; some account of the Indian country, with a list of nations, fighting men, towns, distances and different routs. : The whole illustrated with a map and copper-plates. / Published from authentic documents, by a lover of his country.
  Date of publication:
  1765
  

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  Smith, William, 1727-1803. ; Hutchins, Thomas, 1730-1789.
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  Attributed to William Smith in the Dictionary of Amer. biography. Sometimes attributed to Thomas Hutchins. Two states of gathering A noted, with and without Latin mottoes on verso of title page. Two states of gathering K ...
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  An Historical account of the rise, progress and present state of the canal navigation in Pennsylvania. With an appendix, containing, abstracts of the acts of the Legislature since the year 1790, and their grants of money for improving roads and navigable waters throughout the state; to which is annexed, "an explanatory map." / Published by direction of the president and managers of the Schuylkill and Susquehanna, and the Delaware and Schuylkill Navigation Companies. ; [Twenty two lines of verse]
  Date of publication:
  1795
  

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  Morris, Robert, 1734-1806. ; Smith, William, 1727-1803. ; Howell, Reading, 1743-1827, cartographer. ; Trenchard, James, b. 1747, engraver. ; Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Company. ; Schuylkill and Susquehanna Navigation.
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  Evans notes Robert Morris and William Smith as possible authors. "An act to enable the president and managers of the Schuylkill and Susquehanna Navigation ... to raise, by way of lottery, the sum of four hundred thousand ...
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  An oration, in memory of General Montgomery, and of the officers and soldiers, who fell with him, December 31, 1775, before Quebec; drawn up (and delivered February 19th, 1776,) at the desire of the Honorable Continental Congress. / By William Smith, D.D. provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia. ; [Four lines of verse]
  Date of publication:
  1776
  

  Author(s):

  Smith, William, 1727-1803.
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  (Evans-TCP ; no. N11948) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 15085) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; ...
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  Four dissertations, on the reciprocal advantages of a perpetual union between Great-Britain and her American colonies: Written for Mr. Sargent's prize-medal. To which (by desire) is prefixed, an eulogium, spoken on the delivery of the medal at the public commencement in the College of Philadelphia, May 20th, 1766.
  Date of publication:
  1766
  

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  Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791. ; Reed, Joseph, 1741-1785. ; Watts, Stephen, 1741-1788. ; Morgan, John, 1735-1789. ; Smith, William, 1727-1803. ; College, Academy, and Charitable Schools of Philadelphia.
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  Essays by John Morgan, Stephen Watts, Joseph Reed and Francis Hopkinson. List of subscribers, p. [iii]-x. Reproduction of original from the British Library. Evans, 10400 Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 2213 English Short ...
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  Indian songs of peace: with a proposal, in a prefatory epistle, for erecting Indian schools. And a postscript by the editor, introducing Yariza, an Indian maid's letter, to the principal ladies of the province and city of New-York. / By the author of the American fables. ; [Two lines from Virgil with two line translation]
  Date of publication:
  1752
  

  Author(s):

  Smith, William, 1727-1803.
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  Purporting to be a translation of Indian poetry, the work is actually by William Smith, in support of his proposals for educating the Indians.
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  Personal affliction and frequent reflection upon human life, of great use to lead man to the remembrance of God. A sermon, preach'd on Sunday Sept. 1, 1754, in Christ-Church, Philadelphia; occasioned by the death of a beloved pupil, who departed this life, August 28, 1754, in the 16th year of his age. / By W. Smith, M.A. Professor of philosophy in the Academy of Philadelphia.
  Date of publication:
  1754
  

  Author(s):

  Smith, William, 1727-1803.
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  With a half-title. "Verses to the Rev. Mr. Smith on hearing his sermon, upon the death of his hopeful pupil, our dear fellow-student Mr. William Thomas Martin."--p. v-viii. Hymn, p. [17].
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  Plain truth; addressed to the inhabitants of America, containing, remarks on a late pamphlet, entitled Common sense. Wherein are shewn, that the scheme of independence is ruinous, delusive, and impracticable: that were the author's asseverations, respecting the power of America, as real as nugatory; reconcilliation with Great Britain, would be exalted policy: and that circumstanced as we are, permanent liberty, and true happiness, can only be obtained by reconciliation with that kingdom. / Written by Candidus. ; [Three lines of quotations]
  Date of publication:
  1776
  

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  Chalmers, James, 1727?-1806. ; Chalmers, George, 1742-1825. ; Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804. ; Rationalis. ; Smith, William, 1727-1803. ; Dickinson, John, 1732-1808, dedicatee.
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  Attributed to James Chalmers by T.R. Adams. Erroneously attributed to William Smith, George Chalmers, Alexander Hamilton, and others. Dedicated to John Dickinson. Four states noted by Adams, who describes an additional ...
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  Some account of the charitable corporation, lately erected for the relief of the widows and children of clergymen, in the communion of the Church of England in America; with a copy of their charters, and fundamental rules. : And also a sermon, preached in Christ-Church, Philadelphia, October 10, 1769, before the said corporation, on occasion of their first meeting. / By William Smith, D.D. provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia. ; Published, by order, for the benefit of the charity.
  Date of publication:
  1769
  

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  Smith, William, 1727-1803. ; Cornwallis, Frederick, 1713-1783, dedicatee. ; Drummond, Robert Hay, 1711-1776, dedicatee. ; Terrick, Richard, 1710-1777, dedicatee. ; Corporation for the Relief of the Widows and Children of Clergymen, in the Communion of the Church of England in America.
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  Dedication to Frederick Cornwallis, Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Hay Drummond, Archbishop of York, and Richard Terrick, Bishop of London, signed: William Smith. Philadelphia, October 14, 1769.
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  Some thoughts on education: with reasons for erecting a college in this province, and fixing the same at the city of New-York: : to which is added, a scheme for employing masters or teachers in the mean time: and also for raising and endowing an edifice in an easy manner. The whole concluding, with a poem: being a serious address to the House of Representatives. : [Ten lines of quotation in Latin]
  Date of publication:
  1752
  

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  Smith, William, 1727-1803. ; De Lancey, James, 1703-1760, dedicatee. ; New York (State). General Assembly.
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  Dedication to James De Lancey signed: Philomathes. Attributed to Smith by Sabin.
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  The Christian soldier's duty; the lawfulness and dignity of his office; and the importance of the Protestant cause in the British colonies, stated and explained. A sermon, preached April 5, 1757. In Christ-Church, Philadelphia, to the First Battalion of His Majesty's Royal American Regiment; at the request of their colonel and officers. / By William Smith, A.M. provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia. ; To which is annexed, a prayer on the same occasion.
  Date of publication:
  1757
  

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  Smith, William, 1727-1803. ; Stanwix, John, 1690?-1766, dedicatee.
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  Dedicated to John Stanwix. Parentheses substituted for square brackets enclosing price in imprint.
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  The great duty of public worship, and of erecting and setting apart proper places for that purpose. A sermon, preached in St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia. On Friday, September 4th, 1761. Being the day appointed for the first performance of Divine worship in said church. : To which is prefixed, an account of the whole service used on that occasion. : Published at the desire of the church-wardens and vestry. / By William Smith, D.D. Provost of the College and Academy of Philadelphia. ; [Four lines from I. Kings]
  Date of publication:
  1761
  

  Author(s):

  Smith, William, 1727-1803.
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  (Evans-TCP ; no. N07078) Transcribed from: (Readex Archive of Americana ; Early American Imprints, series I ; image set 9011) Images scanned from Readex microprint and microform: (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 9011)
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