Historic Waynesborough Speaker Series: John E. Smith III
Historic Waynesborough 2049 Waynesborough Road, Paoli, PA, United StatesJohn Morton: A Founding Father and Chester County's Best Kept Secret Come get acquainted with John Morton, the Founding Father from Chester County you’ve probably never heard of, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, at Historic Waynesborough in Paoli. Historian John E. Smith III will discuss the legacy of this prominent Pennsylvanian with Finnish roots who died a mere nine months after signing his name to the Declaration of Independence and whose Ridley Township estate was then ruthlessly plundered by the British Army. And he’ll reveal how and why this important figure passed into obscurity. John Smith has a master’s