. The life and times of Thomas Smith, 1745-1809, a Pennsylvania member of the Continental congress . eying and navigation and still higher mathe-matics, as they were then taught, before the Provost re-turned to America in 1764. But we know positively that ^ Although this Charles Smith is given in Horace WemyssSmiths Life of Rev. Dr. William Smith as a full brother ofThomas, the latters mothers statement making Thomas hereldest son confirms all other evidence that Charles must have beena full brother of the Provost, instead. Besides, in another letter,when Charles is still alive, Thomas refers
. The life and times of Thomas Smith, 1745-1809, a Pennsylvania member of the Continental congress . eying and navigation and still higher mathe-matics, as they were then taught, before the Provost re-turned to America in 1764. But we know positively that ^ Although this Charles Smith is given in Horace WemyssSmiths Life of Rev. Dr. William Smith as a full brother ofThomas, the latters mothers statement making Thomas hereldest son confirms all other evidence that Charles must have beena full brother of the Provost, instead. Besides, in another letter,when Charles is still alive, Thomas refers to himself as his motherssole surviving son. This letter is addressed in care of Mr. CharlesSmith, Merchant, Peterhead. It may be possible that he had abranch house at the latter place, where he spent part of his time,although, of course, this may be another person. It is interestingto note here that this is the first letter of Judge Smith known tobe extant, and that it addresses his mother as Mrs. Elizabeth Law-rence, as has been indicated. The above letter of December 3, 1784, at Carlisle, Copyright, i903 Rkv. William Smith (afterwards D. D.) at 30 years of age. First Provost of The College of Philadelphia, now The University of Pennsylvania. Half-tone from photograph of the painting by Benjamin West, in possession of The Pennsylvania Historical Society HIS SCOTTISH ORIGIN 9 Thomas studied French during the following year, 1765,and we also know that throughout his life he had theconstant self-training habits of an independent student.^ It would not have been impossible that he returnedwith his benefactor, the Provost, in 1764, and continuedhis studies in Philadelphia. Indeed, Justice CharlesHuston states that he had arrived from Scotland, ayoung man, about the year 1764,- and Dr. WilliamSmiths biographer positively states that on September 6,1766, Thomas and the Provost surveyed and laid out thetown plat of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, land then ownedby Dr. Smith.^ Nor woul
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