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Excerpt from Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine, Vol. 5Virginia was also anxious for the Ohio Indian trade, and in 1748 there was formed by London merchants and a few leading men in Virginia, including Thomas Lee the Presi dent of the Council of the Colony, and two brothers of George Washington, the Ohio Company, to trade with the Indians and settle on their lands, Governor Dinwiddie becoming a partner at a later date. They obtained a gr...

Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1888, Vol. 12Sir William, the father of our lieutenant-governor, was intimate. From a letter of the Earl of Perth to his sister.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 re...

Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 74: January, 1950N December 2, 1949, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania celebrated its one hundred and twenty-fifth birthday. In formulating the plans for this occasion, the Council of the Society felt that the more serious aspects of our work should be stressed, rather than the large functions and ceremonies that accom panied our One Hundredth Anniversary. A centennial ...

Excerpt from Inauguration of the New Hall of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania: March 18, 1884I will not do more than call your attention to this deficit. A great historian of antiquity teaches us that he who begins an historic task should at the outset avoid complaints con cerning past evils, and should dwell only on the good things which fortune has granted, for it would'be ill-omened to do otherwise. Such a beginning, he seems to think...

Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1889, Vol. 13I declined your appointment as historian of the bar and bench of Allegheny County. I found that the admissions to this bar in 1863 had been six hundred and fifty. The correspondence and labor of collecting information and the compilation of even a partial number of sketches would ex tend over many months, resulting in a large book instead of a modest pamphlet appropr...

Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1877, Vol. 1The organization of the Publication Fund, the list of subscribers to it, and the titles of the books already issued, are to be found at the end of this yolume.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 ...

Excerpt from Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine, Vol. 1For a number of years the Historical Society of West ern Pennsylvania realized that it would be advantageous to conduct a magazine, but did not feel able to undertake the work. It is now prepared to answer the call, and the result is its entry into the list of publishers. It is hoped that the magazine will be a valuable instrument in the preservation, discussion, and dissemination of...

Excerpt from Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine, Vol. 3Of course the suit was cheap in price, it was also cheap in material and make up. The clothiers had a sliding scale of prices, and in the clothing business there was wide lati tude.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...

Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1906, Vol. 30I 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 PublisherForgotten Books p...

Excerpt from Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Vol. 2 of 2Abigail Powel, members in unity with the society of Friends. His father left him an infant: from his mother be re ceived that education which qualified him so well, by the regular, moral, ' and religious habits it produced, for.the ex. Croise of a life of piety and usefulness. As he ripened in age he grew convinced of the correctness, in principle and practice, of the r...

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...

Excerpt from Synopsis of the Proceedings of the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Late Old Residents' Association: During the First Five YearsThe following pages are but an abstract of the minutes of the Society's meetings under its several forms, and as such are respect fully submitted to the members of the Society, our citizens in gen eral and our sister societies throughout the country, in the hope that they will look with encoura...

Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1915, Vol. 39It was while engaged in some survey work for the Commissioners, in the summer Of 1761, that he con tracted the in¿uenza. He caught a severe cold on a very warm day towards the end of June, and such was his anxiety to return home for medical treatment that he ceased work and rode sixty miles on horseback in one day, but was able to reach the home of William Blackfan, ...

Excerpt from Reynolds Memorial: Addresses Delivered Before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania Upon the Occasion of the Presentation of a Portrait of John F. Reynolds, March 8, 1880After the meeting had been called to order and the reading of the minutes had been formally dispensed with, the President said.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis bo...

Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1902, Vol. 26On the next page is the following advertisement: All persons who have Fire Arms by them are desired to give public notice thereof and dispose of them at a moderate price to those who want them. It is supposed that there are considerable numbers in this city which were used on board vessels during the War.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousa...

Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1917, Vol. 41At 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 h...

Excerpt from Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Vol. 6These watchful guardians of the commonweal, with an alacrity they never exhibited in the hour of real peril ¿ew to their pens, and became Cassius and Civis.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-t...

Excerpt from The Formal Opening of the New Fireproof Building of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, April 6-7, 1910Prior to the ceremonies, the visitors spent their time going through the spacious building, examining the rare books, collections of paintings and relics, in Stille Hall, Hall of Governors, Gilpin Library, and the priceless collections in the Manuscript Department, the Assembly Hall, and rooms of the officers of the Society. ...

Excerpt from Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Historical Society of PennsylvaniaIt is hoped that this new edition of The Guide will prove useful and more usable to students interested in the rich manuscript holdings Of The Historical Society of Pennsylvania.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 histor...

Excerpt from Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Historical Society of PennsylvaniaIt is hoped that this new edition of The Guide will prove useful and more usable to students interested in the rich manuscript holdings Of The Historical Society of Pennsylvania.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 histor...