Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Historical and Commercial Philadelphia, Handsomely Illustrated, 1892: With Supplement of the World's Columbian Exposition
In 1744 Whitfield became a central figure in Philadelphia, and in his preaching was nota bly successful. In 1755 a militia bill was passed, and Benjamin Franklin was colonel of the city regiment. About the Publisher 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.
