Description:Excerpt from The Story of Johnstown: Its Early Settlement, Rise and Progress, Industrial Growth, and Appalling Flood on May 31st, 1889 A book on such a subject, written to give a plain statement of facts and do something for a good cause, could have no introduction better than this letter from one of the eminent divines of the age: 57 West Forty-Sixth Street, New York, Nov. 4, 1889. J. J. McLaurin, Esq., Harrisburg, Pa. My Dear Sir: I see by Governor Beaver's letter to the publisher that you propose to write a book on the Johnstown Flood. It should be done at once, while the scenes and incidents of those dreadful days are fresh and unfaded in our minds. Let the story of the awful calamity be put into enduring type for future generations. It ranks among the great calamities of the world and deserves a place in History. I know no one better qualified for the task than yourself. Having seen it with your own eyes, now let your graphic pen tell the story for unborn generations. I sincerely trust the volume may soon come from the press and a copy of it lie on my table. Sincerely yours, John R. Paxton. If the volume merit the approval of the public, and be the means of relieving distress, the author will be doubly rewarded for a labor which necessarily involved many painful experiences. "The Story of Johnstown" goes forth dedicated to every man, woman and child whose heart has felt for the sorrowing, whose mite has been given to alleviate distress, and to whom the claims of a stricken community can never appeal in vain.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Story of Johnstown: Its Early Settlement, Rise and Progress, Industrial Growth, and Appalling Flood on May 31st, 1889 (1889). To get started finding The Story of Johnstown: Its Early Settlement, Rise and Progress, Industrial Growth, and Appalling Flood on May 31st, 1889 (1889), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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The Story of Johnstown: Its Early Settlement, Rise and Progress, Industrial Growth, and Appalling Flood on May 31st, 1889 (1889)
Description: Excerpt from The Story of Johnstown: Its Early Settlement, Rise and Progress, Industrial Growth, and Appalling Flood on May 31st, 1889 A book on such a subject, written to give a plain statement of facts and do something for a good cause, could have no introduction better than this letter from one of the eminent divines of the age: 57 West Forty-Sixth Street, New York, Nov. 4, 1889. J. J. McLaurin, Esq., Harrisburg, Pa. My Dear Sir: I see by Governor Beaver's letter to the publisher that you propose to write a book on the Johnstown Flood. It should be done at once, while the scenes and incidents of those dreadful days are fresh and unfaded in our minds. Let the story of the awful calamity be put into enduring type for future generations. It ranks among the great calamities of the world and deserves a place in History. I know no one better qualified for the task than yourself. Having seen it with your own eyes, now let your graphic pen tell the story for unborn generations. I sincerely trust the volume may soon come from the press and a copy of it lie on my table. Sincerely yours, John R. Paxton. If the volume merit the approval of the public, and be the means of relieving distress, the author will be doubly rewarded for a labor which necessarily involved many painful experiences. "The Story of Johnstown" goes forth dedicated to every man, woman and child whose heart has felt for the sorrowing, whose mite has been given to alleviate distress, and to whom the claims of a stricken community can never appeal in vain.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Story of Johnstown: Its Early Settlement, Rise and Progress, Industrial Growth, and Appalling Flood on May 31st, 1889 (1889). To get started finding The Story of Johnstown: Its Early Settlement, Rise and Progress, Industrial Growth, and Appalling Flood on May 31st, 1889 (1889), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.