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Excerpt from The Hawks of Hawk-Hollow: A Tradition of Pennsylvania; In Two Volumes, Vol; 1-2 Thus much of the early history of Mr. Gilbert was recollected with certainty, so late as, the year 1782, by the villagers of Hillborough, the county town already mentioned, who had so often shared his hospitality; but long before that time, he had vanished, with all his family, from the quiet, beau tiful, and well-beloved valley. They were wont to speak with satisfaction of the good dinners they had eaten, the rare wines they had drunk, the merry frolics they had shared, in the Hawk's Hollow, - for so they perversely insisted upon calling what Mr. Gilbert, in right of possession. 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.