As a patriotic reminder. let me call your attention to an address made in 1828 by George \\rashington Parke Custis. graiidson of Murtha Washington. I quote a vital paragraph: Ireland. whose generous sons alike in the day of our glooni and our glory shared in our misfortunes and joined in our success. who. with undaunted courage. breasted the storm with aspirations deep and fervent for our cause. UIp to the coming of the French Army. Ireland had furnished 100 soldiers to 1 of any other foreign nation. George Bancroft and other historians tell us that Philadelphia was first settled by Quakers. The immigration record of Philadelphia for the year ending Deceniber. 1729. is as follows: English and Welsh. 267. Scotch. 43. German. 243.
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