The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants . names are moreprominent, but none deserve more honor,because the German has been the bal-ance-wheel and the rudder of our publicbusiness. The Pennsylvania-German as Governor BY ULYSSES S. KOOXS,, ESQ. AUTHOR OF a TALE OF THE KLOSTER. IT is hardly within the scope of thisarticle to consider the Colonial pe-riod, covering the time from the dis-covery of the Delaware to the grant ofPennsylvania to Penn; or the Provincialperiod, extendi
The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants . names are moreprominent, but none deserve more honor,because the German has been the bal-ance-wheel and the rudder of our publicbusiness. The Pennsylvania-German as Governor BY ULYSSES S. KOOXS,, ESQ. AUTHOR OF a TALE OF THE KLOSTER. IT is hardly within the scope of thisarticle to consider the Colonial pe-riod, covering the time from the dis-covery of the Delaware to the grant ofPennsylvania to Penn; or the Provincialperiod, extending from Penns grant in1681 to the Revolution in 1776; or theRevolutionary period, which ended withthe adoption of the State Constitution of1790. The early colonies: Dutch (1614-1654), Swedes (1638-1655), Dutch again(1655-16CS4), English (i6(.M-i673). andonce again the persistent Dutch (1673-1674), had respectively sought to estab-lish themselves upon ihc Delaware: but,as has been very justly said: **Thcse earlycolonies lasted too short a time to attainpermanent growth or to permanently af-fect the later settlers of Pennsylvania. 170 THE SniOX SNYDER. Goveruor of Pennsylvania, 1S0S-17 #
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