Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ...on his duties was the incorporation of the church in August, 1792 (during the first Presidential term of George Washington), thus obtaining for the organization that legal status which it had previously lacked. A peculiar feature of the charter then granted is the provision for the election of the rector of the church directly by the congregation, without the intervention of the Vestry. Scarcely of less importance, as adding a peculiar interest to the place, was the removal during Mr. Clay's incumbency of the remains of General Wayne from the fortress at Presque Isle to Radnor churchyard, and the dedication, on July 4, 1809, (according to the inscription) by the Pennsylvania State Society of the Cincinnati of the modest monument now marking the grave of that illustrious man. Traditionary accounts from two eye witnesses of the scene, viz: John Mather, of Radnor, and Jane Evans, of Easttown, give an enthusiastic picture of that dedication pageant, telling how, through intense heat, the City Troop of Philadelphia, under command of Mayor Robert Wharton, rode out in company with other troops to do their share of martial honor at the grave of the great soldier; how the patriotic crowds climbed into the sturdy oaks which yet stand sentinel at the spot and thronged their branches; how one of the General's old soldiers, Samuel Smiley, marched weeping in front of the cortege which bore the ashes of his great commander from his birthplace to his grave; and how the General's old Chaplain, Rev. David Jones, delivered an address in which he described the scene at the night attack on Wayne at Paoli. His presence on this occasion undoubtedly tended as far toward the peace and unification of the Radnor flock as his presence on the former occasion during...
