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 BloOQisbuig. Credit should bo given to M iss M artha E. Robison fo r the his­ tory of the origin and w ork of the Columbia County Sabbath School A ssocia­ tion, to which organization she has devoted many years o f her life. T h e entire history o f Montour county has been reviewed by Hon. H. M. Hinckley, o f Danville, who has written the greater part, devoting much time to the history of the religious denominations of the county, and to the correct description of the founding, development and growth o f (he town o f Danville and the industries, improvements and historical occurrences brought about or participated in by the present and past residents o f this division of the State of Pennsylvania. T he publishers also acknowledge their indebtedness to Col. J . G . Freeze's early history o f Columbia county; gratitude to F . M . Gotwalds, o f Danville, and Percy Hrewington, of Renton, fo r aid in the progress of the w o rk; Boyd T rescott, o f M illville, and S . N . W alker, o f Bloomsburg, for assistance rendered; to Daniel N . Dieffenbachcr, o f Danville, and W illiam W . E van s, o f Blooms­ burg, for data fo r school history; and to Nfiss Editlt Patterson and M iss Jennie B ird, librarians at Bloomsburg and Danville, respectively, fo r courtesies ex­ tended. In behalf of the various writers o f this work, cordial thanks are expressed to the officials of the counties, the members of the press, the clergy, and all others who have assisted in making this an exhaustive and arxurate treatise on the region which has been its province. T H E P U B L IS H E R S.

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