Excerpt from History of "Old St. Joseph's," Philadelphia In 1727, records show that Irish arrived in Philadelphia, of whom none were servants. In 1728, it is said Irish landed at the port of Philadelphia; the proportion of Irish to all other emi gran taken together being ten to one. 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.