Book Description

Excerpt from The American Geologist, Vol. 5: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences; January to June, 1890 The Peace of Utrecht, 1713, controlled the destinies of an English gentleman of education and refinement, who came to America during the reign of Queen Anne. He settled in Albany county, New York, opening an English school, and his descendants continued their residence there for a hundred years. One of the descendants of this family was Col. Lawrence Schoolcraft, a revolutionary soldier, commanding in the war of 1812 the first regiment contributed by his locality. He married Miss Barbara Rowe, of noble character and German-parentage. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, the subject of this brief sketch, was the seventh of a large family, the issue of this union, enjoying the advantages of an early education. 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.