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Excerpt from Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1850, Vol. 4: Part IIPennsylvania. By B. Stokely, the first actual resident Settle: m the County.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 t...

Excerpt from Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1850, Vol. 4: Part IIPennsylvania. By B. Stokely, the first actual resident Settle: m the County.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 t...

Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1922, Vol. 46The son of Charles Willing, who was a leading merchant and twice Mayor of Philadelphia, and Anne Shippen, his wife, Thomas Willing was born in this city on the 19th day of December, 1731, and died here on the 19th of January, 1821, a century ago. At an early age he was sent to his Grandmother Willing to be educated at Bath, England. Later he went to school in London....

Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1882, Vol. 6The Trustees of the building have paid the balance required to complete the purchase, and the property now belongs to the Historical Society.To place the building in a condition to be occupied, and to give the requisite fire-proof accommodation and an auditorium, at least more is needed. Neither the Council nor the Building Committee can be expected to importune the p...

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Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1913, Vol. 37The original manuscript of the journal of James Kenny, kept by him on his journey to Pittsburgh, and notes or remarks of what he judged worth taking notice of while he remained there, is preserved in the Mann script Division of the Historical Society of Pennsyl vania. He had charge of the trading store established by the Commissioners of Indian Afiairs, of the Prov i...

Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1885, Vol. 9In November, 1755, an Act of Parliament had been passed for raising a regiment of four battalions, each of 1000 men, in America. The men were to be drawn from the Swiss and other foreigners settled in the colonies, but principally from the Germans in Pennsylvania, to be strengthened, however, by seven or eight hundred Old soldiers from Germany. Major John Rutherford, ...

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Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 25Bord Walker. (continued) (porn-ails.) 20, 146, 289, Index to American Portraits. By Bastard Emael 47, 228.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 w...

Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1884, Vol. 8Perhaps you have a curiosity to have a description of Congress Hall, it is a large, elegant brick building, the north end on Chestnut street. The Representative's room is on the lower ¿oor. The Speaker sits in a large arm chair with a table before him like a toilette, covered with green cloth, fringed. The Speaker's seat is elevated about 2 feet and is on the west sid...

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Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1880, Vol. 42 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 thei...

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Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1916, Vol. 40A profound student of the history of Pennsylvania, particularly in the department of biography, he was one of the few who brought to the illumination of his work the taste and the knowledge of a collector of prints, manuscripts, autograph letters and pamphlets, and that accurate familiarity with the details of our development as a Commonwealth which such an ami able ...

Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 22William spohn baker, a vice-president and member of the Council of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, was born in Philadelphia, April 17, 1824, and died at his resi dence on Arch Street, September 8, 1897.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 im...