Download or read book The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography Vol 42 Classic Reprint written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 42 On October 4, 1733, at a meeting of the said council, a return of that part of the High Road which was then laid out from the Town of Lancaster, in the County of Lancaster, pursuant to the order of the Board, was read in these words. 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.

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