Author: Pennsylvania Genealogical Society

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-22

Total Pages: 706

ISBN-13: 9780266599418

Excerpt from Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Vol. 3: January 1906 Throughout his manhood, Mr. I-iildeburn was an active and prominent member of the Historical Socictv of Pennsylvania, and served for some years in its Councd. Ile labored with unparalleled enthusiasm and industry to ad- 'ance every interest of the Society, and to his services, more than to those of any other member, is due the great growth of its valuable collections of Americana. Ilis antiquarian tastes also led him early into the field of genealogy, and his interest in this field is made 11111nif'cst in his numerous contributions to the Pennsylvania Magazine of History, beginning with - its first issue in 1877; and also in his printed volume, Inscriptions in St. Peter's Churchyard, Philadelphia. He was prominent in the founding of this Society, and became Its first president, 11nd was active among those who founded the Colonial Society of this State, and the lines of work which these institutions have pursued since their organization were largely mapped out by him. 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.