Excerpt from Papers Read Before the Lancaster County Historical Society, Friday, February, 1921, Vol. 25: Provincial, Continental and Federal Revenues of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Minutes of the February Meeting Distilleries were erected everywhere. I make note of this to show at what early date distillation of whisky, which in later years required the registra tion of the stills and was the source of a great amount of Provincial and Federal Revenues, began in Lancaster County. Mombert, in his history of Lancaster County, states that the friendly relations between England and the Colonies would doubtless have continued had the former not seen fit to pursue a new policy towards the latter with respect to revenue taxation (p. He states the first Act of Parliament aiming at drawing a revenue from the Colonies was passed Sept. 29, 1764. Prior to this date the Colonies taxed themselves. The preamble of this Act read - Whereas. It is Just and necessary that a Revenue be raised in America for defraying the expenses of defending, protecting and securing the same. We the Commons etc. - This Act imposed a duty on Clayed sugar, indigo, cofiee, etc., being the produce of a colony not under the do minion of His Majesty. 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.

Excerpt from Papers Read Before the Lancaster County Historical Society, Vol. 25: Saturday, September 17, 1921 at the Drumore Celebration "History Herself, as Seen in Her Own Workship;" Col. Archibald Steele, picturesque in his ruggedness and ard-or, who broke the leash of his home ties at the shot of Bunker Hill and bolted afoot for the distant scene. 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.

Includes minutes of the Society's meetings.

Excerpt from Papers Read Before the Lancaster County Historical Society, Friday, November 3, 1911, Vol. 15: The Slavery Question During the Terms of Office of John Whitehill and Robert Jenkins, Lancaster County Congressmen; The Whitehills and Robert Jenkins in Congress; Minutes of November Meeting The Slavery Sentiment at the Time of the Constitutional Convention. Various and decided changes of sen timent occurred as to slavery in the colonies as time progressed. None of the colonies favored the slave trade as it was carried on, and before the cotton gin was invented even South Carolina was speaking against it. With the invention of the cotton gin and the increased demand for cheap labor the sentiment in the South for slavery increased, and the slave trade was deemed absolutely essential to the prosperity of the South. In the North the sentiment against slavery (led by our own State of Pennsylva nia as far back as 1688) increased daily and vehemently. Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, and many others of the galaxy of statesmen who adorned that period had arrayed them selves strenuously against slavery, and especially the slave trade. 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.

The purpose of "Voices from a Wilderness Expedition" is to reawaken the now silent voices of the brave men who made the historic 1775 march through the Maine wilderness with Benedict Arnold to attack Quebec and conquer Canada. This book is not a chronological history of the expedition, but rather offers details and new information about the lives of the men who participated and, equally important, the journals that chronicaled the hardships of the march. It contains significant new information on both the men and the journals that has never been published. The book features: * First ever bibliography of all prntings of thirty journals written by participants * Three newly discovered journals found in the University of Glasgow Library * Two never before published journals written by privates on the expedition * New biographical information on seven officers * Examination of the career of Col. Roger Enos whose 3 companies left early to return to Cambridge * Identification of Capt Scott, a previously unknown company commander * Transcription of 2nd Isaac Senter journal * Comprehensive roster of names of 1124 officers and men who were on the expedition