History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Carbon, and Schuylkill ...

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I (^ VVhkn local cveius aiul mciaeiits arc iiiorged in \\...
JJ^J yeuci-al history ol' ;. coiiniry or nation, it would l.o ..
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' - fruitless attempt to ^ive caiibcs, and notice ellects, ai.-i
( I at the same time preserve^ a consecutive chronological
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arrangement ol' lac I... Tins may he; done in re-uLj'
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history; hut it ca.inot, in a local history, svitlioiil
\ V iuuchampliru';ilion,:ind llic introduction ol' that whi.'ii
1 ' is apparently irrelevant. All that the writer h;;.
j '.aimed
at in this compilation, \vas to emhody in a
|\X convenient form, the prominent events, leading in( i
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"\ dents in the early and continued liistory of thcMi
la \counties, without regard to strict chronological order
topographical descrii)tion of townships, towns, vil-
lages, &c. How fiu- this has heen accomplished, is
left to the candid r.adef to say. Nothing has hee.i
h.'ft undone on the ^ art i^i the compiler, to collect ma-
terials of a hi'.-iorf ai and topograi)liical character, an.i
arrange theui ir;ewrding to the best of his judgmei,:.
Touching da- ni.ui..r Usell contained in this booi.,
i1m- >/riter Itei^Luaos );oi to confess, that liis clain:;. le
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