Pennsylvania

Examples

• Secondly, In Pennsylvania there is no right of primogeniture, and lands, like moveables, are divided equally among all the children of the family. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• In 1749 he drew up proposals relating to the education of youth in Pennsylvania, which led, two years later, to the esta blishment of the first American Academy. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• These discoveries, added to the long observed fact of coal oil floating on streams in Pennsylvania and elsewhere, led to the search for its natural source. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The annual production of anthracite coal in Pennsylvania is more than 86,000,000 tons of 2,240 pounds, valued at the mines at $198,000,000. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The school, chartered in 1753, grew ultimately into the University of Pennsylvania. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• As I had predicted, Early was soon found in front of Sheridan in the valley, and Pennsylvania and Maryland were speedily freed from the invaders. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Edison then went to Toledo and secured a position at Fort Wayne, on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, now leased to the Pennsylvania system. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I happened to say, I thought it was a pity they had not been landed in Pennsylvania, as in that country almost every farmer had his wagon. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Soon after this he emigrated to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and settled near the town of Greensburg in that county. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The day after his return, he was elected by the legislature of Pennsylvania a delegate to Congress. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• In 1786-7 he obtained in Pennsylvania and Maryland patents for applying steam to driving flour mills and propelling waggons. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• This was distributed widely over the country, the greatest producers, after Pennsylvania, being Illinois, West Virginia, Ohio, Alabama and Colorado. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• On his return to Pennsylvania he again took his seat in this body, and continued a steady defender of the liberties of the people. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• William Henry, of Pennsylvania, tried a model steamboat on the Conestoga river in 1763. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The last time I saw your father was in the beginning of 1724, when I visited him after my first trip to Pennsylvania. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.

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