Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania Vol. 1: Genealogical and Personal Memoirs (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania Vol. 1: Genealogical and Personal Memoirs<br><br>Though everything relating to the life and works of William Penn is and always will be of intense interest to the people of the great Commonwealth and city which he founded it is of course impossible in a work devoted especially to the history of such Colonial families as have living descendants still resident in or near his city to give anything like an adequate account of the Great Founder and his part in the founding of the Colony of Pennsylvania on the bed rock of personal liberty in the matter of conscience. Volumes have already been devoted to that purpose and the many phases of his life character aims and attainments and their in?uence in and bearing on the founding and development of the institutions of a free and enlightened people will prove a fruitful and interesting theme for future historians so long as such institutions survive. It will be our purpose therefore after giving such account of the origin and ances try of the family as is known to devote our attention more especially to that branch of the family who have living descendants in America.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.