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Excerpt from Abstract of the Meeting of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Held March 13, 1911: Presentation of Portrait of Henry Charles LeaMembers of the American Philosophical Society, Members and Representatives Of the Library Company of Philadelphia, Of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, of the Academy of Natural Sciences, and of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Ladies and Gentlemen: In the days of Julius Caesar and during the w...

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Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1887, Vol. 11 July 23, 1778. By Henrietta 0. Ellery William Penn's Plans for a Union of the Colonies, February 8. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruc...

Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 16 It is supposed that the legal studies of Andrew Hamilton, commenced in Great Britain, must have been completed in Maryland, where there were, among the officials of the Government, several men of considerable legal attainments, and, amongst the gentry of the Eastern Shore, some highly educated men. Whatever opportunities these afforded, it is certain they were made the m...

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Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 28 Rolling Mill at Manchester, in Allegheny County, to make iron rails. Connected with this mill were two coke furnaces, built in 1863. The company operated the works until Sep tember, 186 7, when they were leased by Springer Harbaugh. On January 1, 1870, Harbaugh, Mathias Owens took pos session as owners, and on August 1, 1874, they failed, when the manufacture of rails wa...

Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1908, Vol. 32 Benjamin West's Family. The American President of the Royal Academy of Arts Not a Quaker. By Charles Henry Hart. (portraits. Diary of Clement Humphreys, of Philadelphia. By Miss Letitia A. Humphreys. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of a...

Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1880, Vol. 4 9 The lack of knowledge concerning the Germans amounts at times almost to obtuseness. Dr. William Smith wrote in 1753 a letter, recently printed, in which he said they were in danger of sinking into barbarian ignorance, while in another sentence he complained with the utmost naivete that they import many foreign books, and in Penna. Have their printing houses and th...

Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1917, Vol. 41 At the Pennypacker Reunion, held October 4th, 1877, our late President in describing a member of the family who had become a Senator of the United States, said: Reverdy Johnson wrote to me of Isaac S., of Virginia, that possessing 'sterling integrity he had the confi dence of every man in the Senate.' Thaddeus Stevens complained of Elijah F. That he was 'too damned...

Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1906, Vol. 30 I cannot stop to dwell upon the features of this extra ordinary struggle, but as a necessary prelude to a statement of what was actually accomplished by the founder of our Commonwealth towards the close of the period of state planting, I invite you to glance brie¿y at what had been written and argued upon the subject of government. About the Publisher Forgotten B...