Discourses on several public occasions during the war in America : preached chiefly with a view to the explaining the importance of the Protestant cause, in the British colonies : and the advancement of religion, patriotism and military virtue : among which are a discourse on adversity : and also a discourse on planting the sciences, and the propagation of Christianity, in the untutored parts of the earth ... / by William Smith ...

Name:

Smith, William, 1727-1803.; University of Pennsylvania.

Timespan:

French and Indian War, 1754-1763; 1754-1763

Date:

1759

Description:

Appendix contains I. An earnest address to the colonies, particularly those of the southern district; on the opening of the campaign, 1758. II. Account of the college and academy of Philadelphia; with the plan of education, etc. III. A philosophical meditation, and religious address to the Supreme Being; first composed for the use of young students.; Errata: p. 246.; Signatures: A6, B-Q8, R-S2 (S2 a blank)

Language:

English

Provenance:

Chapman, J., fl. 1808 (autograph) (copy 1); Hopkinson, Francis (bookplate) (copy 1); Palmer, E. (autograph) (copy 2); Chicago Historical Society (stamp) (copy 2); Rosengarten, J.G. (donor) (copy 3)

Publisher:

London : Printed for A. Millar ... R. Griffiths ... and G. Keith ... , 1759.

Subject:

University of Pennsylvania -- History; University of Pennsylvania; History

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Book

Physical Description:

xii, 246, [2] p.; 22 cm. (8vo)

Geographic Subject:

United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763; United States

Related Place:

England -- London.

Rights:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Notes:

Six discourses on various subjects. Discourse 5 is Provost Smith's address delivered in 1757 at the first commencement of the University of Pennsylvania (then the College and Academy of Philadelphia).; Appendix contains I. An earnest address to the colonies, particularly those of the sourthern district; on the opening of the campaign, 1758. II. Account of the college and academy of Philadelphia; with the plan of education, etc. III. A philosophical meditation, and religious address to the Supreme Being; first composed for the use of young students.

Physical Location:

E199 .S64 1759 copy 1

Collection:

Penn in the Age of Franklin (University of Pennsylvania)