OR, Bistorical Sketches OF WESTERN PRESBYTERIANISM, ITS EARLY MINISTERS, ITS PERILOUS TIMES, AND ITS FIRST RECORDS. BY JOSEPH SMITH, D.D. "Remember the days of old; consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, PHILADELPHIA: LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO & CO. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO & CO., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. TO THE READER. In the preparation of the work, now submitted to your inspection, we have availed ourselves of every source of information, to which we could obtain access. The "History of Western Pennsylvania," (the author of which is not given in the title page,)—the "History of Pittsburg" and the "Olden Time," both from the able pen of Neville B. Craig, Esq.-"Day's Historical Collections of Pennsylvania"-" Howe's Historical Collections of Virginia," and also of "Ohio"-"Foote's Ecclesiastical Sketches of North Carolina and of Virginia”—“ Davidson's Ecclesiastical History of Kentucky"-the printed "Records of the Synod of New York and Philadelphia”—“Alexander's 'Log College'” "Miller's Life of Dr. Rogers"—" Miller's (J. P.) Sketches and Sermons"--the "Western Missionary Magazine"-"The American Pioneer,”—“ Brackenridges's, Findley's, and Carnahan's 'Western Insurrection””—“ Colonial Records of Pennsylvania," and "Hazard's Pennsylvania Archives," and numerous other works, have been carefully consulted. We are also greatly indebted to the Rev. Dr. Elliott, William Darby, Esq., N. B. Craig, Esq., the Rev. Lemuel F. Leake, the Rev. Dr. Jacob Lindley and the Rev. Dr. William Wylie, for essential aid in a great variety of particulars. We might indeed greatly extend this list of kind friends who have rendered us special service. But perhaps it is unnecessary to parade the names of all in a matter of this kind. We cannot forbear to mention that Wilson Shannon, Esq., Ex-Governor of Ohio, has given us much assistance in procuring some valuable sources of information from Washington City. To the Rev. Dr. Carnahan, of Princeton, and the Rev. Dr. Van Renselaer, of Philadelphia, we are under special obligations also. We have not deemed it necessary to crowd |