Excerpt from Proceedings and Collections of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, Vol. 10: For the Years 1908 1909 In presenting to the members of the Society volume X of its Proceedings and Collections, an explanation is due of the long delay of three years since volume IX was issued. The editor finding that the increased cost of printing vol umes VIII and IX was beyond the financial ability of the Society, was determined not to edit another volume until a permanent Publication Fund could be secured to meet this expense. During the past year members of the Coxe Family of Drifton, Luzerne county, were led to realize this need of the Society, and to contribute the sum of $6000 to constitute such a Fund (v. P. Hereafter every annual volume issued by the Society will bear this inscription. 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.