The contents of the volume are listed by Jefferson on the fly-leaf as follows:
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Sermon. by W
m. Smith.
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Wharton
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the bishop of S
t. Asaph
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President stiles
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2. anonymous
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D
r. Price.
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Reports on the New Academical institution for Dissenters.
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Trial of Elwall for heresy & blasphemy.
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These tracts are listed also in Jefferson’s undated manuscript catalogue.
Sermon. by W
m. Smith.
i. SMITH,
William.
A Sermon preached in Christ-Church, Philadelphia, On Friday, October 7th, 1785, before the General Convention of the Protestant
Episcopal Church, in the States of New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and South-Carolina. On
occasion of the First Introduction of the Liturgy and Public Service of the said Church, as altered and recommended to future
Use, by the Convention. By William Smith, D.D. Principal of Washington College, and Rector of Chester Parish, in the State of Maryland.
Philadelphia: Printed and sold by
Robert Aitken,
m. dcc. lxxxv
. [1785]
First Edition. 8vo. 20 leaves collating in fours; lower margins uncut.
Evans 19247.
Smith,
Life and Correspondence of the Rev. William Smith II, page 431.
For other works by William Smith, see the Index. He was the first president of Washington College, Maryland.
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m
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) Wharton
ii. WHARTON,
Charles Henry.
A Sermon on the relations of the Christian Ministry. Preached at St. Peter’s and Christ Church, in the City of Philadelphia,
the second day of October, 1785, and published at the request of the Episcopal Convention. By Charles H. Wharton, D.D.
Philadelphia: Printed and sold by
Robert Aitken,
m.dcc.lxxxv.
[1785]
First Edition. 8vo. 12 leaves collating in fours; the lower edges uncut.
Charles Henry Wharton, 1748-1833, a native of Maryland, was born a Roman Catholic, and educated at the English Jesuits’ College at St. Omer’s.
He left the Roman Church while chaplain to the Roman Catholics in Worcester, England, and eventually became a protestant Episcopal
clergyman. He returned to America in 1783. He was a friend of William Smith, and worked with him on the church liturgy.
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the bishop of S
t. Asaph
iii. SHIPLEY,
Jonathan.
A Sermon preached before the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts; at their Anniversary
Meeting in the Parish Church of St.
