Extracts From the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer of Philadelphia: 1765-1798 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Hiltzheimer, Jacob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1332012027 ISBN 13: 9781332012022

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from Extracts From the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer of Philadelphia: 1765-1798

The extracts from the diaries are continuous from September of 1765 to September of 1798, with the exception ofthe years 1771, 1775 and 1776, the books containing which are lost.

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Excerpt from Extracts From the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer of Philadelphia: 1765-1798

The extracts contained in this volume are from the diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, who at the age of nineteen years left his native city, Mannheim, on the Rhine, for Rotterdam, where he embarked on the ship Edinburgh, James Russell, Master, and arrived at Philadelphia, September 5th, 1748, and three days later took the usual oath of allegiance. Soon after his arrival he was apprenticed to John Nagle, a silversmith, on Front street. At the expiration of his term of service, finding that the confinement of the store was not congenial to his active disposition, he decided to engage in farming and the raising of fine stock, and commenced by leasing land in the suburbs of the city. He took part in the campaign to resist the encroachments of the French on the river Ohio and the lakes to the westward, and for his services was entitled to a portion of "back lands," under the King's proclamation of October, 1762. During the war for independence he sided with the colonies, attached himself to the First Battalion, City Militia, and was also connected with the Quartermaster's Department, in which he rendered valuable service to the army in the field. He became a prominent member of the Patriotic Association. As Street Commissioner, for three years he discharged the duties of the office in a manner worthy the emulation of public servants at the present day. He was elected in 1786, a Representative of the city in the Assembly, and served for eleven consecutive years, being Chairman of the Committee on Claims, and on other important committees.

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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.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1332012027
• ISBN 13: 9781332012022
• Einband: Paperback
• Anzahl der Seiten: 276