Is there anyone on the list who is familiar with an area in Montgomery County that in 1813/1814 would have been called "The Gulf in Upper Merion". I have been desperately trying to document a Nathan/Nathaniel SMITH - having no personal details on him other than he married Rachel Coates prior to 1816. I know that during that period the Coates family was living in Upper Merion. I know that the only surviving son (Charles M. SMITH b. 1816 PA) of Nathaniel & Rachel Smith earned his living as a teacher in Ohio. What I suspect is that the N/Nathan SMITH mentioned both in "Bean's History of Montgomery Co" and in 1813 Norristown PA Newspaper as planning on opening a boarding school for young ladies and gentlemen is my missing Nathaniel Smith. In both articles it states that N. or Nathan SMITH is from "the Gulf in Upper Merion". Other than the Montgomery County Historical Society (can't afford their rates right now) does anyone have any suggestions on where I might find more details on... "the Gulf in Upper Merion", the success or failure of the boarding school or any SMITH families in that area. Thank you for any help or direction that anyone is able to provide, Susan McIntyre Michigan