Excerpt from A History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and Its People, Vol. 1 The circumstances under which the author was induced to engage in the preparation Of the work now submitted to the public, will be briefly explained. Many years since a resolution was adopted by the Delaware County Institute of Science, having in view the collection and preservation Of manuscripts, printed docu ments, traditions or any other matter or thing calculated to illustrate the history of the County. A notice was published in the County papers, requesting persons in pos session Of the desired information, to place the documents containing it in the possession of the Institute. This re quest was but very partially responded to, either by the members of the Institution, or by others. Still there were a few who took a deep interest in the subject. They plainly saw that many facts calculated to illustrate our early history had already passed into oblivion, because no means had been adopted to collect and preserve them, and that if this important subject should be longer neglected, many more would soon be placed beyond our reach, by the decease of a number of intelligent persons, still living, who were familiar with the stirring times and local events Of our revolutionary struggle. 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.