In Old Pennsylvania Towns (Classic Reprint)
Author: Anne Hollingsworth Wharton
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Published: 2015-07-19
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9781331738039
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from In Old Pennsylvania Towns So many citizens of old Pennsylvania towns have aided the writer in her researches that their names would fill many pages; she wishes, however, to make particular mention of the aid given her by such historians of Lancaster as Miss Martha Bladen Clark and the Honorable C.I. Landis; by Mr. Henry W.Shoemaker, that indefatigable Pennsylvania chronicler; by Dr. Thomas Lynch Montgomery, State Librarian at Harrisburg; by Judge and Mrs. Edward W.Biddle and Miss Emmeline K.Parker, of Carlisle; by the Honorable John Stewart, of Chambersburg, and Mr. George H.Stewart, of Shippensburg; by Miss Anna Valentine and Mrs. Harry Valentine, of Beliefonte; by George R.Bedford, Esq., and Mr. Christopher Wren, of Wilkes-Barre; by Baird Halberstadt, Esq., of Pottsville; by Mr. Oliver Ormsby Page and Mr. Sumner B. Ely, of Pittsburgh; by Miss Louise de Schweinitz, of Bethlehem; by General H. C. Trexler and Mr. Charles R.Roberts, of Allentown; by Mr. John P.Lyons, of Montrose, and last, but by no means least, by Governor William C.Sproul, of Lapidea, near Chester. 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 reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
