Excerpt from The Scotch-Irish in America: Their History, Traits, Institutions and Influences: Especially as Illustrated in the Early Settlers of Western Pennsylvania and Their Descendants I have read with deep interest the advance sheets of The scotch-irish in America, by Rev. Dr. John W. Dinsmore, my friend, and former pas tor. It is in every respect an admir able book. Every man who has a drop of scotch-irish blood in his veins will be profoundly interested in its perusal. Dr. Dinsmore knows whereof he writes. Nothing the book contains is matter of hearsay to him. The people described are those among whom he was reared - his neighbors and friends; the incidents mentioned, those of which he was the witness in his early life. 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.