Author: Henry D. Biddle

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-12-19

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 9781334674747

Excerpt from A Sketch of Owen Biddle: To Which Is Added a Short Account of the Parke Family, Together With a List of Descendants Owen biddle was born in 1737, his brother Clement being three years his junior. Much has been written in regard to Clement. Biddle; but of the life of his elder brother Owen no complete account has ever, so far as we are aware, been published. Allusions to and notices of him are to be found scattered through various publications, and it will. Be our ediert to collect and arrange into one compact. And connected whole such. Notices as have come under our observation, as well as brie y to record such facts as we are in possession of; so that it may be, in a. Measure, possible to for u some estimate of the man, and of the character of the services be rendered to his country at a most imporo taut period. 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."