Author: Israel Daniel Rupp

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-21

Total Pages: 668

ISBN-13: 9780331636536

Excerpt from The History and Topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams, Perry, Somerset, Cambria and Indiana Counties: Containing a Brief History of the First Settlers, Notices of the Leading Events, Incidents and Interesting Facts, Both General and Local, in the History of These Counties In this compilation, it has been my object to present, by way of introduction, a brief sketch of the earliest settlements made within the counties, of which a history and topography are attempted a detailed account is given of the adventures, sufferings and trials of pioneer settlers. I have studiously avoided giving place to any thing of a speculative character. Any remarks of my own, were made on a careful examination of such evidence as will stand scrutiny. The plan, I pur sued, is that of making authentic documents speak'for them selves, from which the reader may draw his own deductions. In several instances, I have introduced well grounded tradi tion; and, as far as practicable, when exhibiting the suffer ings of the first settlers, letters and narratives, written when they suffered, are given, expressing, it is believed, in their own words, With all the freshness of novelty, their trials and difficulties, much better than I could have done. 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.