The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants . \\\\,u.\,, I, GEORGE WOLF. Governor of PonnsylvanlA. 1S20-S5 THE PEXXSYLVAXIA-GERMAX AS GOVERXOR. .^^I>>> ^>^. JOSEPH RITNER,Governor of Pennsylvauia, lS35-30 The governors were not governors ofPennsylvania, but of colonies on soil thatafterwards became Pennsylvania. Nor are we concerned with the gover-nors, deputies and representatives of theProvincial period and William Pennsdifficulties with them. It is sufficient tos
The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants . \\\\,u.\,, I, GEORGE WOLF. Governor of PonnsylvanlA. 1S20-S5 THE PEXXSYLVAXIA-GERMAX AS GOVERXOR. .^^I>>> ^>^. JOSEPH RITNER,Governor of Pennsylvauia, lS35-30 The governors were not governors ofPennsylvania, but of colonies on soil thatafterwards became Pennsylvania. Nor are we concerned with the gover-nors, deputies and representatives of theProvincial period and William Pennsdifficulties with them. It is sufficient tosay that among these officials there wereno Germans. But it is an interesting fact that dur-ing the thirteen years of the Revolu-tionary period the list of eight governors(or presidents of the Supreme Execu-tive Council, as was their official title),considering them chronologically: Thom-as Wharton, Jr., George Bryan (actingpresident zicc Wharton, deceased), Jo-seph Reed, William 3*Ioore, John Dickin-son, Benjamin. Franklin and ThomasMiftlin, does not contain, as their namesclearly indicate, a single representativeeither of Dutch or German blood. Butwhen it is recalled that every one. witli-out exception, of these eight presidentsof the Supreme Executive
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