Minutes Of The Provincial Council Of Pennsylvania Proceedings Of Council From March 10th 1683 To November 27th 1700 PDF Download

Excerpt from Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. 1: From the Organization to the Termination of the Proprietary Government; Containing the Proceedings of Council From March 10, 1683, to November 27, 1700 To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The memorial of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge, and of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, by their committees for this purpose specially appointed, most respectfully showeth: That it is the misfortune of the Nations of the old Continent, that their early history is lost in the night of time. Excepting the Holy Scriptures, no records have been preserved of the first settlements of mankind. All else beyond a period not very remote is veiled in obscurity. Recourse has been had to fabulous traditions made up of fabled Heroes and Demi-gods in abundance, the offsprings of vanity and of ignorance. Of our British ancestors, nothing is known before the invasion of their island by Julius Caesar, of our German forefathers, the noble defence made by the immortal Herman against the legions of Varus, whom he defeated and conquered, is the first authentic account, after which follows a long period of darkness to the time of their great emperor Charlemagne. The ancient history of Asia, (the cradle of mankind) engages at this moment the attention of the learned of Europe. For that pupose, Asiatic societies have been formed under royal patronage, both in England and in France. The study of Egyptian antiquities is every where patronized, encouraged and promoted. Scientific travellers are sent to that country at royal expense, obelisks and other monuments are imported at an immense cost, and grace the public squares, the museums, and other repositories of the great capitals. England boasts of the rosetta monumental stone. France of her Egyptian obelisk, which once adorned ancient Thebes, and is now erected in the midst of her capital, where it is the most attractive object to the admiration of travellers. Unable to penetrate into the future, man loves to inquire into the past, to interrogate his most remote ancestors, and to learn from their experience how to pursue good and eschew evil. 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."