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Excerpt from Somerset County Historical Quarterly, 1917, Vol. 6 Early English historians could hardly have been expected to do jus tice to Scotch emigrants to this country, or even to the horrors of life in Scotland previous to their migration. After the lapse of more than a century, however, there began to creep into the histories of Britain, written by Englishmen, some faint glimmers of the truth. Among the first of his countrymen, Macauley admitted the 'facts, and he well summed up the particular period to which I shall later refer, when, in one of his celebrated essays in 1835, he wrote: The contest between the Scotch nation and the Anglican Church had produced near thirty years of the most frightful misgovernment ever Seen in any part of Great Britain. It was this misgovernment, carried on by Kings, bishops and armies, which turned Scotland into a place of torment for a far longer period than thirty years; and it was only the hardihood, obstinacy, valor and intensely independent and irrepressible spirit of the Scottish race which enabled the people, even in part, to survive the catastrophe. 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 Somerset County Historical Quarterly, Vol. 8: 1919 As to the younger Hendrick it is certain he had no advanced educa tion, but must have been entirely self-made. In those days schools were few and New Jersey had no colleges. He is said to have become a mechanic as well as farmer. 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.