The Forty-Third Annual Meeting

Abstract

HE forty-third annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Historical Association was held on October 25 and 26, 1974, at Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pa. opening session began at 12:15 p.m. on Friday in a dining room of the Howard Johnson Motor Lodge, near Mercer, with John M. Coleman of Lafayette College presiding. Following the luncheon, Dean Phillip A. Lewis of Westminster College extended greetings. Then George Swetnam read a paper, The Carnegie No body Knows. Andrew Carnegie was a well-traveled businessman and industrialist, who was not only known for the Gospel of Wealth but also for his prolific literary output. He was a liberal for his day, far ahead of contemporary industrialists. His 1889 article on wealth in the North American Review became the Gospel of Wealth in 1901. His biography of James Watt was his only signifi cant failure. He wrote one-half dozen books, innumerable articles in journals of respect, and thousands of letters (including those to five presidents of the U.S.). His unfinished autobiography was not too factual. Jerome Wood of Swarthmore College presided at the first afternoon session, Divided Loyalties: Pennsylvania and the American Revolution. John Ferling of West Georgia College read a paper on Joseph Galloway. Galloway's belief that the revolutionary cause could not succeed was emphasized. revolutionary leaders were not reliable; most colonists did not want independence, nor could they see any benefit in it. This was Galloway's sincere judgment, not a position he took to protect his personal interests or to further his career. Ferling explained details of Galloway's plan for the Anglo-American union which was defeated in the Continental Congress by one vote on September 29, 1774. His actions after this defeat were consistent with his earlier behavior, said Ferling. He remained anti-republican throughout the Revolution, going to Eng land after the war. He became disenchanted with life in England and remained paranoid about conspiracies against him until he died in 1803, in England. second paper of this session, The Pennsylvania Dutch: Partners in the War for Independence, was delivered by William