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Title:
Encyclopedia of genealogy and biography of the state of
Pennsylvania with a compendium of history : a record of
the achievements of her people in the making of a
commonwealth and the founding of a nation (1904)
VOLUME 1 CONTENTS :: 556 pages
~ Earliest explorations and settlements
~ Pennsylvania the colony
~ From the beginning of the French and English wars to
the Revolution
~ Troubles with Connecticut
~ The period of the Revolution
~ Pennsylvania as one of the United States, 1787-1812
~ War of 1812-1815
~ The commonwealth from 1815-1860
~ Pennsylvania during the war of 1861-1865
~ Pennsylvania from the Civil War to the present time
~ Agriculture, commerce and manufactures
~ Education, literature and art
~ Medicine, law and theology
~ Social conditions
~ Governors of the Delaware and of the province and
commonwealth of Pennsylvania
~ Biographies
VOLUME 2 CONTENTS :: 546 pages
~ History of Pennsylvania and biographies
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:: PREFACE ::
In the preparation of the following pages of the
Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of the State of
Pennsylvania with a Compendium of History from its
earliest settlements to the present, a new and novel
combination of historical materials has been effected,
the purpose of which will be apparent on even a hasty
perusal of the contents. The authors recognize the
existence of many standard treatises on the political,
social and material unfolding and development of this
great commonwealth, and every school boy is more or less
familiar with the deeds of the great men and the onward
sweep of events which materialized in the great state of
Pennsylvania. But the Pennsylvania of to-day holds a yet
more important place in the history of the nation than
at any time in the past, is now as a score of years ago,
the "keystone" in politics, as also in the great
industrial and manufacturing forces which dominate the
trade of the world, and, furthermore, in social and
intellectual progress and attainment.
The Greater Pennsylvania is, therefore, of To-day, not
of Yesterday. Its potentiality exists not alone in its
material resources, its extent of domain, its latent
agricultural, mineral and commercial wealth, but in its
Citizens — the men who dig and delve and sow and reap,
who toil in the hives of industry and manufacture, who
hold the marts of trade, who teach and minister unto
others, and those who carry out the public will and as
chosen servants guide the craft of state.
The true perspective and symmetry of history will, in
the opinion of the authors, be best secured, not only by
a concise recital of the facts concerning the glorious
past of Pennsylvania, but more so by a biographical
record of the men of the present time whose careers have
made them conspicuous among their fellows, whose deeds
and lives have lifted them to the high plane of success,
and who stand as representatives of the present-day
greatness of the State of Pennsylvania. If as Carlyle
says, "history is the essence of innumerable
biographies." the true position of Pennsylvania among
her sister states cannot be better portrayed than by the
narrative of the personal careers of her representative
sons whose names will be found on the following pages.
It is with the foregoing facts as a theme that the
general plan and scope of this history has been evolved.
In the compilation of the state history the recognized
authorities have been freely consulted and public and
private archives have been laid under contribution.
Notwithstanding the mass of details burdening the main
course of events, the editors have exercised a most
judicious care in the selection of facts and in
preserving a proper historical balance, with the result
that a concise, straightforward, yet comprehensive and
authentic record of Pennsylvania's history from the time
of its first settlements to the present has been set
before the reader, with pregnant and succinct chapters
on the present status of social, political, industrial
and other phases of life.
In the biographical portion of the volumes, which serves
as the complement and a most important adjunct to the
state history, it has been the constant aim of the
authors to discriminate carefully in regard to the
selection of subjects in order that a truly
representative and diversified personal history might be
given of the men who have been the most prominent
factors in the public, social and industrial development
of their respective sections of the commonwealth. Great
pains have been taken to secure accuracy, and nothing
has been left undone that might add to the completeness
and value of these volumes.
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