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Excerpt from The Life and Services of General John Philip De Haas, 1735-1786 This interest in the man and his ancestral bearings to the writer led the latter many years ago to enter upon a search for any and all information pertaining to the subject here sketched that could in any way or anywhere be found. All of which, a fragment here and a fragment there. Whether in the form of official records. Notations by other writers. Family traditions or whatever may have supplied sources of informa tion. He carefully stored up and from time to time compiled into consecutive and orderly form for its preservation for his personal use and personal satisfaction. Without any thought of ever parading it before the public or having it appear in published form. 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.