In closing the first volume of the PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY, the editors gladly avail themselves of the opportunity it affords to express their thanks for the hearty co-operation they have met with on every side; this has encouraged them in their task and made their labors almost nominal.
The objects of the MAGAZINE, as stated in the announcement made with the first number, are to foster and develop the interest that has been awakened in historical matters, and to furnish the means of inter-communication between those of kindred tastes. How far these ends have been accomplished the volume now completed must attest; to the contributors to it, for their ability and research, belongs whatever credit is bestowed.
The kind words which have greeted each number of the MAGAZINE have assured the Trustees of the Publication Fund, that the object for which the money entrusted to them was subscribed, was being promoted, and they have generously allowed the number of pages first decided upon to be considerably augmented. To continue the MAGAZINE in its present form, to add to its attractions, and at the same time to lessen the demands made upon the Publication Fund, are the aims of those who have its management in hand. More