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Title: A Short History of Pittsburgh

Author: Samuel Harden Church

Release Date: November 16, 2007 [EBook #23507]

Language: English

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A SHORT HISTORY
OF
PITTSBURGH
1758-1908

[Illustration: George Washington, the first Pittsburgher]

A SHORT HISTORY
OF
PITTSBURGH
1758-1908

BY
SAMUEL HARDEN CHURCH

AUTHOR OF "OLIVER CROMWELL: A HISTORY,"
"PENRUDDOCK OF THE WHITE LAMBS," "JOHN MARMADUKE,"
"BEOWULF: A POEM," ETC.

PRINTED AT
THE DE VINNE PRESS
NEW YORK
1908

Copyright, 1908, by
SAMUEL HARDEN CHURCH

CONTENTS

PAGE
HISTORICAL 13

INDUSTRIAL 79

INTELLECTUAL 89

INDEX 127

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

George Washington, the first Pittsburgher _Frontispiece_
PAGE
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham 26

Plan of Fort Pitt 31

Henry Bouquet 32

Block House of Fort Pitt. Built in 1764 33

Anthony Wayne 41

Conestoga wagon 44

Stage-coach 46

Over the mountains in 1839; canal