. The life and times of Thomas Smith, 1745-1809, a Pennsylvania member of the Continental congress . ry, 1805, he speaks of sending a copy of the recently pub-lished works of the Provost to London for him, by Mrs. Cad-walader, the widow of the late General Cadwalader and sister to , who is going in the spring to London to reside the remain-der of her days with her daughter, who is married to the eldestson of the celebrated Mr. Erskine, the brother of the Earl ofBuchan. ^ In a letter to Dr. Peter Smith, whom he addresses as Mydear cousin, under date of January 29. 1807, he says he is im-
. The life and times of Thomas Smith, 1745-1809, a Pennsylvania member of the Continental congress . ry, 1805, he speaks of sending a copy of the recently pub-lished works of the Provost to London for him, by Mrs. Cad-walader, the widow of the late General Cadwalader and sister to , who is going in the spring to London to reside the remain-der of her days with her daughter, who is married to the eldestson of the celebrated Mr. Erskine, the brother of the Earl ofBuchan. ^ In a letter to Dr. Peter Smith, whom he addresses as Mydear cousin, under date of January 29. 1807, he says he is im-pressed with the fact that his cousins father and his own and theiruncle each died in his 65th year. The next year, 1758, by the death of the Countess of Errol,her nephew. Lord Boyd, son of Lord Kilmarnock, who was be-headed at the close of the revolution in 1746. succeeded her as Ear!of Errol. His brother, Charles Boyd, spent much time there, andin Thomas Smiths letters to Dr. Peter Smith, who became theEarls physician at Slains Castle, there is evidence of Thomasfamiliarity with their Castle, Aberdeenshire, ScotlandFrom a \iL\v furnished by Rev. J. Strachan, Rector at Port Erroll, Scotland HIS SCOTTISH ORIGIN 7 educator as was the head of the vig-orous young collegeacross the sea, on the banks of the Delaware, should nothave taken great interest in his young brothers education.^In 1762 the brilliant thirty-five-year-old Provost cameover to England in the interests of his college, and hissuccesses were met by the highest honors from both uni-versities and ecclesiastical bodies. Thomas was nowseventeen years old, and his mother has left record thathe was always a good and kind lad to her, and in lateryears she used to hum over one of what she said was hisfavorite songs: Be kind to me as long as Im here,Ill may be wear away yet. Both his elder brothers were now in London, WilHam and Charles, the latter there in business, thatof a stationer, it is said,
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