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Notebook of John Hill Brinton: 1877-1892
Notebook of John Hill Brinton: 1877-1892
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Book 3 (1877-1892) begins with a 14 page index followed by 174 pages of notes. The first section, “Notes of Conversations held by me with old inhabitants about the early settlement in Penn’s Colony,” covers events relating to Chester County’s earliest European inhabitants. In addition, Brinton records his June 1878 visit to Europe, which he undertook in part to trace his family’s history and origins. The second section, “Some account of William Brinton one of the early settlers in Penn’s Colony of Pennsylvania and of His Descendants,” is an essay on the life of William Brinton, who settled in America in the 1600s.