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up for navigation purposes, and used in the erection of 

 bridge piers and buildings; and the whole Falls, were 

 eight years since destroyed, by the damming and banking 

 of the waters a few miles below. The natural cataract 

 became transferred to the more silent and useful artificial 

 one, now presented to our admiring view at Fair Mount. 



The war of Independence dispersed the garrison of 

 Fort St. David, and the peace found their block house in 

 a heap of ruins, having been consumed by the devastating 

 Hessian corps of the enemy. 



On the invasion of Pennsylvania, and approach of the 

 foe, the members of the society suspended their plea- 

 surable meetings, and secured all their moveables in- 

 cluding a tolerably good museum in a place of safety. 



On the return of peace and its attendant blessings, the 

 reduced society of Fort St. David, re-assembled on the 

 old rock of the garrison, and unanimously resolved with 

 permission of the citizens of the State in Schuylkill, 

 thenceforth to unite their forces and their preserved 

 valuables, in prosecution of their favorite amusements 

 and festivities. They were no strangers to each other.— 



In pursuit of a common object, they had often as neigli- 

 bours and fellow sportsmen, kindly interchanged the ci- 

 vilities of hospitality, on the highway of waters, and at 

 the feast. 



These intimacies resulted in personal friendships and 

 the citizens of the new Republic in Schuylkill, hailed 

 with a lively welcome, the auspicious and timely acquisi 



