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Egle, William H

physician, state librarian, historian, was born Sept. 17, 1830, in Harrisburg, Pa. For three years he served in the civil war; and since 1870 has been surgeon in the national guard of Pennsylvania. In 1887 he was appointed state librarian of Pennsylvania. He is the author of a History of Pennsylvania; History of Dauphin County; History of Lebanon County; Historical Register; Pennsylvania Genealogies, Scotch- Irish and German; Pennsylvania in the Revolution; Notes and Queries relative to Interior Pennsylvania; and Pennsylvania Archives in twelve volumes.

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