Historical Events in the Vicinity of Philadelphia, Participated in by the Scotch-Irish in the Latter Part of the Year 1777: Also a Brief Account of ... French and Indian War, 1755 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Historical Events in the Vicinity of Philadelphia, Participated in by the Scotch-Irish in the Latter Part of the Year 1777: Also a Brief Account of Braddock's Defeat in the French and Indian War, 1755

The spirit of acquisition inherent in Scotch character developed rapidly and they came in great numbers. In these days it would be called a boom.

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Excerpt from Historical Events in the Vicinity of Philadelphia, Participated in by the Scotch-Irish in the Latter Part of the Year 1777: Also a Brief Account of Braddock's Defeat in the French and Indian War, 1755

When William Penn peopled his newly acquired possession he gave the land about Philadelphia to his English friends and the Quakers. The Germans would, he thought, make peaceable neighbors so he located them next to the first named in what is now Lancaster and Berks Counties, but the Scotch Irish were a stubborn, contentious people, so he sent them toward and beyond the Susquehanna.

The spirit of acquisition inherent in Scotch character developed rapidly and they came in great numbers. In these days it would be called a boom.

With grief the Indians saw the forest melt away into stumpy fields and domestic animals take the place of wild game. It aroused their enmity and war followed.

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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.