Author : Historical Society Of Pennsylvania
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780656128884
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (288 download)
Book Synopsis The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1915, Vol. 39 (Classic Reprint) by : Historical Society Of Pennsylvania
Download or read book The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1915, Vol. 39 (Classic Reprint) written by Historical Society Of Pennsylvania and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1915, Vol. 39 It was while engaged in some survey work for the Commissioners, in the summer Of 1761, that he con tracted the influenza. 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, in Solebury township, to whose daughter Hannah he was engaged, where he died on July 3d, and was buried at Buckingham Meeting House. The long and enervating ride, in his enfeebled condition, hastened his death. The following abstracts are from his will, dated 11mo. 8th, 1760: I, John Watson, Of Buckingham, surveyor, being about to set forth on a journey to New Castle, on Delaware, to meet the Com missioners to settle the lines between the Provinces Of Pennsylvania and Maryland gives 250 to Hannah, daughter of William Blackfan, of Sole bury. The Pennsylvania Gazette Of July 9, 1761, contains the follow obituary notice. 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.