Daily stories of Pennsylvania: Prepared for Publication in the Leading Daily Newspapers of the State...

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Frederic A. Godcharles’s Daily Stories of Pennsylvania is a compact anthology that gathers the “Today’s Story in Pennsylvania History” columns once printed in the state’s newspapers. The work is organized by calendar date rather than chronologically, each entry commemorating the anniversary of a person, battle, or event drawn from a wide range of primary sources, colonial records, journals, legislative handbooks, and manuscripts held by the Pennsylvania State Library and historical societies. The introduction explains the author’s lifelong habit of noting dates, the collaborative effort of scholars and archivists, and the decision to add fifty‑three previously unpublished Sunday stories, making the collection a ready‑reference guide to the Commonwealth’s past.

Written in the early‑1920s, the prose reflects the scholarly yet accessible tone of contemporary civic journalism. Godcharles’s style is concise, factual, and occasionally anecdotal, offering brief narratives that assume a modest familiarity with Pennsylvania’s geography and early American history. Readers who enjoy bite‑sized historical sketches, teachers seeking calendar‑based prompts, or anyone interested in the layered legacy of the Keystone State will find this volume a useful companion.

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Daily Stories of Pennsylvania, by Frederic A Godcharles. PRINCIPAL SOURCES UTILIZED Archives of Pennsylvania. Colonial Records of Pennsylvania. Hazard’s Annals of Philadelphia. Egle’s History of Pennsylvania. Gordon’s History of Pennsylvania. Cornell’s History of Pennsylvania. Day’s Historical Collection. Shimmel’s Pennsylvania. Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania. Pennypacker’s Pennsylvania The Keystone. The Shippen Papers. Loudon’s Indian Narratives. Sachse’s German Pietists. Rupp’s County Histories. Magazine of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. American Magazine of History. Egle’s Notes and Queries. Harvey’s Wilkes Barre. Miner’s History of Wyoming. Jenkin’s Pennsylvania Colonial and Federal. Scharf and Westcott’s History of Philadelphia. Lossing’s Field Book of the Revolution. On the Frontier with Colonel Antes. Meginness’ Otzinachson. Linn’s Annals of Buffalo Valley. …

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