The First Souvenir Christmas Book of the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: Western Pennsylvania Historical Society
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780666114549
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 22

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Excerpt from The First Souvenir Christmas Book of the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania The red man ofthe forest was still to be seen at times. Many a good, warm dinner was given to one and another of them, as they strayed here and there, by pitying hearts and loving hands - as the safely-housed white man in a measure realized the feelings of the poor Indian, a wanderer where once he roamed in undisputed possession. Often a fine lot of game - which the arrow of the son of the forest, true to its mark, had brought to his feet-was given to the h0st and hostess at whose fireside he had received a kindly welcome. The several travelers' inns were well patronized by the many journeying eastward and westward, perhaps the most favored being Samuel Semple's Tavern, which had been the stopping place of the Father of His Country in 1770, and praised by him for its comforts. It boasted of several stores, where could be obtained everything found in a general country store, and besides its generals and majors, counted ministers, doctors and lawyers, among its inhabitants. A feature of this thriving town was the general feeling of hospitality and neighborly kindness shown by its inhabitants. General Morgan, so famous in history, was living in Washington county at this time, and his brother-in-law, General Neville, and Major Craig, his son-in law, were property owners and inhabitants of the new borough. In those early times there were many social gatherings and merry-makings among the people, and the beauty and grace of the wives and daughters, in their quaint and beautiful attire, would not be thrown in the shade by the maids and matrons of our large and thriving city to-day. 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.