Excerpt from Pennsylvania, Colonial and Federal, Vol. 1: A History, 1608-1903 Breadth of treatment to which it has been entitled. There have been numerous essays toward it. From the time of Robert Proud down to a more recent day. Some of them worthy of much appre ciation and deserving of high praise. Yet it still remained true that at the end of three centuries our Commonwealth and its people were without an adequate and a completely satisfactory history. It was to supply such a history that Howard M. Jenkins. Several years since. Undertook the preparation and supervision of the volumes which are now submitted to the public. The subject is itself one of unusual complexity. To the making of Pennsylvania. In the early time. Many streams of life Contributed. And the mingling and fusion of these. Not without friction and even conflict. Is a theme which called for an open mind and a just discrimination. So. Too. Since the Colony became the State. Its career has been directed and illustrated by men of varying char acters. Qualities and opinions. To the development of its vast material interests and the upbuilding of its industries. Energy and capital have been applied in a degree practically unequalled in the experience. To attain the high standard of excellence necessary to properly cover this varied subject. Well known authorities on special periods and topics have made con. 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.