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Title: Historical register : notes and queries, biographical and genealogical
Year: 1883 (1880s)
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Subjects: Local history
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Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
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1775—anno- tated by John Blair Linn, of Bellefonte, 177 3. Marriages in Marsh Creek Settlement, communicated by Edward McPherson, of Gettysburg, II, 182 4. Pennsylvaniansin the Genesee Country, by John L. Sexton, Jr., of Blossburg, Tioga county II, 188 5. The Pollock Family ol Pennsylvania, by Rev. Horace Edwin Hay- den, of Wilkes-Barr6, III, • • 194 6. First Settlers of the Irish Settlement, by Jacob Fatzinger, Jr., of Weaversville, Northampton county. III, . . 208 7. Baptisms of St. Gabriels P. E. Church, Morlotton, (Douglassville,) Berks county, Pa., communicated by Morton L. Montgomery,of Reading, . . 216 8. James McLene. One of the unmentioned Men of Mark of the Cumberland Valley, by Benjamin M. Nead, of Harrisburg, . . 218 9. The Defection of Arnold, Letter relating to, 227 10. Col. Matthew Smith, by William H. Egle, M. D., 230 11. Koquethagaeelon, or Col. White Eyes, by Isaac Craig, of Allegheny City, 232 12. Notes and Queries : 284 13. Recent Historical Publications, 236
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CAPTAIN JOHN SMITHS MAP OF VIRGINIA 1606. HISTORICAL REGISTER: :N0TES and quekies, BIOURAPIIICAL AND GENEALOGICAL. Vol. L OCTOBER, 1883. No. 3. EAELY INDIAN HISTORY ON THE SUSQUEHANNA. BY PROF. A. L. GUSS.Ill Captain John Smith published an account of the infant col-ony of Virginia, called the Generall Historie^^ etc., in whichthere is a narration of his expedition to the Susquehanna river.He set out July 24, 1608, and returned September 8, follow-ing. John Smith writ this with his own hand. His bookalso contains a supplementary narrative of his trip prepared byBagnall, Powell, and Todkill, three of his companions. It waspublished in London, in 1624, had 248 pages, and was re-issued,with date of title-page only altered, in 1626, 1627, and twicein 1632. It was also translated and published in the works ofDeBry and of Hulsius. A coi)y in our State Library is of thedate 1632, and cost seventy-five dollars. An edition of 1630,called True Travels etc., contains, besides the matter of the G

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