Emily Stehr

Interesting History of the Schuylkill River Emily Stehr

Definition of the Schuylkill River: "A river flowing southeast from east Pennsylvania to the Delaware River at Philadelphia. 131 miles (210 km) long." http: //www.dictionary.com/browse/schuylkill John Galt, Benjamin West; The Life and Studies of Benjamin West; 2nd edition; T Cadell & W Davies; 1817 John Galt and Benjamin West write: "It is pleasant to redeem from oblivion the memory of early talent thus prematurely withdrawn from the world. Many of Godfrey's verses were composed under a clump of pines which grew near the upper ferry of the river Schuylkill, to which spot he sometimes accompanied West and their mutual friends to angle. In the heat of the day he used to stretch himself beneath the shade of the trees, and repeat to them his verses as he composed them. Reid was the name of the other young man, and the same person who first opposed the British troops in their passing through Jersey, when the rebellion of the Provinces commenced. Previous to the revolution, he was bred to the bar, and practised with distinction in the courts of Philadelphia. He was afterwards elected a Member of Congress, and is the same person who was appointed to meet Lord Carlisle on his mission from the British Court."