Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Vol. 2 of 2Abigail Powel, members in unity with the society of Friends. His father left him an infant: from his mother be re ceived that education which qualified him so well, by the regular, moral, ' and religious habits it produced, for.the ex. Croise of a life of piety and usefulness. As he ripened in age he grew convinced of the correctness, in principle and practice, of the religious body with whom he found himself associated, and soon became, as he continued till the day of his death, one of their most valued, consistent, useful, and in¿uential members. He became an excellent classical scholar at the college of Philadelphia, acquiring a facility in speaking, and a correctness in criticising the Latin lan guage, which was often admired, when, at a subsequent period, he attended the examinations of the public schools under the care of Friends, and, in addition to the branches of study then universal among well informed'men, he ac quired a high degree of proficiency in the French language.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.