Excerpt from Memorial of President Henry Darling, D. D., LL. DHer grandfather, Col. Robert Smith, in 1757 qualified as sergeant in the French and English war. In the year 1776 by the appointment. Of the Supreme Executive Coun cil of Pennsylvania, he had charge of the placing of ob structions in the channel of the Delaware river for the defense of the city of Philadelphia, and also in planning its land fortifications. He was subsequently appointed to the responsible post of Lieutenant of. Chester county, and had the charge of the raising, arming and provisioning of the militia contingent of his district and in every way pre paring the tr00ps to take the field. He held many other offices of responsibility and trust in his county, and was in 1785 a member of the State legislature.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.