The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania : or, its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, popularly described . WILKESBARKE, WYOMING VALLEY. GERTRUDE OF WYOMING, BY THOMAS CAMPBELL. [Thomas Campbell was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on the 27th of September, 1777. Hewas the youngest son of Mr. Alexander Campbell, a merchant of that city, highly spokenof for his amiable manners, and unblemished integrity, who united the scholar and theman of business; and, amidst the engrossing cares and sordid pursuits of active life, cher-ished a love of literature. Mr. Campbell, the poet,
The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania : or, its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, popularly described . WILKESBARKE, WYOMING VALLEY. GERTRUDE OF WYOMING, BY THOMAS CAMPBELL. [Thomas Campbell was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on the 27th of September, 1777. Hewas the youngest son of Mr. Alexander Campbell, a merchant of that city, highly spokenof for his amiable manners, and unblemished integrity, who united the scholar and theman of business; and, amidst the engrossing cares and sordid pursuits of active life, cher-ished a love of literature. Mr. Campbell, the poet, had near connections in this country. His father passed severalyears of his youth at Falmouth, in Virginia, but returned to Europe before the revolu-tionary war. His uncle, who had accompanied his father across the Atlantic, remained inVirginia, where his family uniformly maintained a highly respectable station in society.—One of his sons was district attorney under the administration of Washington, and wascelebrated for his demeanour. He died in 1795. Robert Campbell, a brother of the poet,settled in Virginia, where he marri
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