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Excerpt from The Olden Time, Vol. 2: A Monthly Publication Devoted to the Preservation of Documents and Other Authentic Information in Relation to the Early Explorations and the Settlement and Improvement of the Country Around the Head of the Ohio
He was in Philadelphia at the time of Braddock's arrival in Virginia, and intended to accompany him on his unfortunate expedition, but was pre vented by sickness. Subsequently, however, he came here with General Forbes, was present, and rendered service at the building of Fort Pitt. He was an industrious, enterprising man, and kept the first ferry over the Monongahela, from his house, one door south of Ferry street, and adjoin ing Sample's tavern, Where the Virginia House now stands. He always bore the character of an honest, worthy citizen, and in his latter days, at least, was a pious man. Of his earlier life, we know nothing on this sub jcet. 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.
