Rare! Lives Of The Governors Of Pennsylvania, With The Incidental History 1873

  

LIVES OF THE GOVERNORS OF PENNSYLVANIA, WITH THE INCIDENTAL HISTORY OF THE STATE, FROM 1609?? PLEASE SEE PICTURES OF THE CONTENTS PAGES FOR MEMOIRS AND ENGRAVINGS CONTAINED IN THESE PAGES.

HARDCOVER BOUND IN CONTEMPORARY CALF OVER MARBLED BOARDS. TEXT BLOCK IS VERY FINE THROUGHOUT BEING UNUSUALLY CLEAN. OUTER SPINES HINGES SHOWING SOME MODERATE WEAR AND LACKING PARTS OF SPINES OUTER LEATHER ON THE HEAD AND FOOT FROM ITS 151 YEARS. PERIOD (AUGUST 1873) INSCRIPTION ON INSIDE BLANK.

DIMENSIONS: 6 1/8" x 9 1/4" x 2. HARD COVER BINDING ON 9 1/4 EDGE WITH GILT TILE. ARMOR (LANCASTER / HARRISBURG PENNSYLVANIA). Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, by. In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

The story of his life appeared in the Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, published in 1896. William Crawford Armor was a descendant of Scotch-Irish immigrants who arrived in America before 1910 and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

While still in his teens, he became a school teacher in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and while he wished to pursue an academic career, his father had other, more practical plans for him and steered him toward the iron industry. But, his civilian, post-war career took an unusual turn after only one year, in which he worked in Pennsylvania's oil industy. Armor's old commander, General John W.

Geary, had been elected governor of Pennsylvania and called him into governmental service as a confidential clerk - to which he responded by re-locating to Harrisburg. While working for Geary, Armor researched, wrote and published Lives of the Governors of Pennsylvania with the Incidental History of the State from 1609 to 1872. John White Geary (December 30, 1819 - February 8, 1873) was an American lawyer, politician, Freemason, and a Union general in the American Civil War. He was the final alcalde and first mayor of San Francisco, a governor of the Kansas Territory, and the 16th governor of Pennsylvania.