This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. The few footnotes have been moved to follow the paragraphs in which they are referenced. The many sections of this volume are presented in order of the month and day, regardless of the year, beginning with January 1. The Contents lists the topics alphabetically, and refers to a date (month and day) rather than a page number. These descriptions do not necessarily exactly match the title of the sections verbatim, and the same section occasionally appears twice, with different descriptions. There is a more detailed index at the end of the volume, with page references. Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any issues encountered during its preparation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE CAPITOL BUILDING] DAILY STORIES OF PENNSYLVANIA Prepared for publication in the leading daily newspapers of the State by FREDERIC A. GODCHARLES MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA FORMER REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, STATE SENATOR, DEPUTY SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, MEMBER HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF UNION COUNTY, HISTORICAL SOCIETY LYCOMING COUNTY, AND OTHERS Author of _Freemasonry in Northumberland_ _and Snyder Counties, Pennsylvania_ [Illustration: logo] MILTON, PA. 1924 COPYRIGHTED 1924 BY FREDERIC A. GODCHARLES ------- Printed in the United States of America [Illustration: publisher logo] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THESE DAILY STORIES OF PENNSYLVANIA ARE DEDICATED TO MY MOTHER THROUGH WHOM I AM DESCENDED FROM SOME OF ITS EARLIEST PIONEERS AND PATRIOTS AND FROM WHOM I INHERITED MUCH LOVE FOR THE STORY OF MY NATIVE STATE. [Illustration: _Frederic A. Godcharles._] PRINCIPAL SOURCES UTILIZED Archives of Pennsylvania. Colonial Records of Pennsylvania. Hazard’s Annals of Philadelphia. Egle’s History of Pennsylvania. Gordon’s History of Pennsylvania. Cornell’s History of Pennsylvania. Day’s Historical Collection. Shimmel’s Pennsylvania. Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania. Pennypacker’s Pennsylvania The Keystone. The Shippen Papers. Loudon’s Indian Narratives. Sachse’s German Pietists. Rupp’s County Histories. Magazine of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. American Magazine of History. Egle’s Notes and Queries. Harvey’s Wilkes Barre. Miner’s History of Wyoming. Jenkin’s Pennsylvania Colonial and Federal. Scharf and Westcott’s History of Philadelphia. Lossing’s Field Book of the Revolution. On the Frontier with Colonel Antes. Meginness’ Otzinachson. Linn’s Annals of Buffalo Valley. Hassler’s Old Westmoreland. Fisher’s Making of Pennsylvania. McClure’s Old Time Notes. Parkman’s Works. Shoemaker’s Folklore, Legends and Mountain Stories. Jones’ Juniata Valley. Prowell’s York County. Smull’s Legislative Hand Book. Journal of Christopher Gist. Journal of William Maclay. Journal of Samuel Maclay. Journal of Rev. Charles Beatty. Scrap Books of Thirty Years’ Preparation. Annual Reports State Federation of Historical Societies. And others. INTRODUCTION The Daily Stories of Pennsylvania were published in the newspapers under the title “Today’s Story in Pennsylvania History,” and there has been a genuine demand for their publication in book form. During all his active life the author has been impressed with the unparalleled influence of Pennsylvania in the development of affairs which have resulted in the United States of America. Since youth he has carefully preserved dates and facts of historical importance and has so arranged this data that it made possible these stories, each of which appeared on the actual anniversary of the event or person presented. This idea seems to have been a new venture in journalism and the enterprising editors of our great Commonwealth, contracted for and published “Today’s Story in Pennsylvania History,” and their readers have manifested a deep interest to these editors and to the author. Soon as there developed a demand for the collection of stories in book form, the author determined...