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Hardback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from Historical Sketches of the Formation and Founders of the Philadelphia Hose Company: Being the First Hose Company Instituted in the City of Ph… Plus…

Hardback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from Historical Sketches of the Formation and Founders of the Philadelphia Hose Company: Being the First Hose Company Instituted in the City of Philadelphia, December 15, 1803; Taken From Addresses Delivered Before the Company The founders of the Philadelphia Hose Company (the first Hose Company instituted in Philadelphia) were: Reuben Haines, Roberts Vaux, Joseph Parker, Samuel N. Lewis, Abraham L. Pennock, William Morrison, Joseph Warner and William Morris. They were sons of highly respectable parents, old citizens of Philadelphia. At the time of their first meeting for the purpose of organization, none of them were twenty-one years of age. The date of their primary meeting was 12 mo. 15, 1803. All of them were members, or descendants of members, of the Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers. Each was, at the time, either apprenticed to some skillful handicraft, or engaged in acquiring the knowledge of mercantile business. 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.<