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Excerpt from Banquet Given by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, December 31, 1910, to Celebrate the Ninety-Fifth Anniversary of the Birth of Major General George Gordon MeadeTn) ninety-fifth anniversary of the birth of Major General George Gordon Meade, Commander of the Army of the Potomac from J une 28, 1868, until the disbandment of that army afier the surrender at Appomattox, was chosen as a fitting time to bring to the attention of a...

Excerpt from Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Vol. 2Letters of William Penn to King Charles II. And to the Earl of Sunderland, from authenticated copies obtained in London.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 recon...

Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1897, Vol. 21From 1710 until after William Penn's death in 1718, the home of the family was at Ruscombe, a place in Berkshire, near Twyford. It was rented by Penn, and from an expres sion in a letter of Hannah Penn, already cited, the house seems to have been a large and expensive one. Like most of the houses in which the Founder had his home in the course of his life, Ruscombe h...

Excerpt from Collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Vol. 1Herc now this people lived peaceably for several years without preachers or magistrates. Each one did as he thought proper. About this time I became very sick and expected to die, and was willing to die, for my stepmother was indeed a stepmother to me. By her in¿uence my father treated me very harshly, I had no other friend, and had to bear hunger and cold. I often thoug...

Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1883, Vol. 7In 1848, when Gen. William 0. Butler was the Democratic candidate for vice-president Of the United States on the ticket with Gen. Lewis Cass, Francis P. Blair, Sen., of The Globe, published some reminiscences of the Butler Family, which furnish the principal material for the following sketch of the Butler Family of the Pennsylvania Line in the Revolutionary War and th...

Excerpt from Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Vol. 8AT an unusually large and respectable meeting of the citizens of Philadelphia and adjoining districts, con vened on the 26th of August, 1814, in the State House yard.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 The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1899, Vol. 23 The rector's wife, whom Franklin describes as a good natured, chatty old lady, also could remember many per sonal characteristics of members of the family. Banbury was visited a few days later, where he met the husband of his deceased cousin Jane, daughter of John Franklin, and in the church-yard copied the inscription on the gravestone of his grandfather, Thomas ...

Excerpt from Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Vol. 1: Being a Republication In connection with this intimation they desire to say that they will feel obliged for copies of any letters of Mr. Du Ponceau, with which those possessing the originals may be disposed to favor them. The publication of the History of the Town of Beth lehem, and which the trustees believed they would before this have been able to present, has been de...

Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1907, Vol. 31 Remke, to Matthias Van Bebber, a Dutch merchant, who came to Germantown in 1687, son of Jacob Isaacs Van Bebber, one of the first Crefeld purchasers. 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 s...

Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 43 Among the Sons of Delaware who were most noted for patriotism during the Revolutionary struggle, Caesar Rodney and his brother Thomas stand in the front rank. Caesar is so well known as' one of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence that no further mention of him is needed for the purposes of this paper. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of...

Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1910, Vol. 34 While the British were in possession of the city of Phila delphia we find from Howe's Narrative that, aside from certain provmmal corps raised, they obtained but three troops of light dragoons, consisting of one hundred and thirty-two troopers, and one hundred and seventy-four real volunteers from Jersey, under Colonel Vandyke. From this obscure statement military ...

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, 1922, Vol. 46An address delivered before the Society as A Centennial Paper on November 14, 1921. Following this address was one on Thos. Willing the Financier, by Mr. Burton Alva Konkle not in manuscript and come quently not published.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a rep...

Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1895, Vol. 19Rev. William Rogers, DMD (portrait) 96, 251, 507 Letters Relating to the Death of Major General Anthony Wayne.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 reconst...

Excerpt from Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1827, Vol. 2These noble aspirations, and wise resolutions, never forsook the mind of Penn, and all that could be taught by precept and by example, was taught and shown by this apostle of Christianity and mo rals, to his unenlightened brethren, to produce the great [and good ends which he so ardently desired for them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousand...

Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1899, Vol. 23 The rector's wife, whom Franklin describes as a good natured, chatty old lady, also could remember many per sonal characteristics of members of the family. Banbury was visited a few days later, where he met the husband of his deceased cousin Jane, daughter of John Franklin, and in the church-yard copied the inscription on the gravestone of his grandfather, Thomas ...

Excerpt from Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Vol. 7 The attempts to plant colonies upon the Delaware proved to be failures until the Swedes, in 1638, established themselves upon its western bank, near the present Site of Wilmington. Although the Dutch were the discoverers of the river, and gave to it its earlier appellation, 2 they had, to this period, failed to effect a permanent abode upon it. About the Publisher Forgot...

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Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 74: January, 1950 I 16-120. The student in America should consult the Library of Congress Transcripts for cor rections of the text as printed. 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 ...

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