Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and Her People In Four Volumes

Description: A Century and A Halfof Pittsburg (PA) andHer PeopleIn Four VolumesBy John W. Jordon544 + 539 + 475 + 491 pages, illustrated, indexed, Vol 2-4 searchable - Bonus Book -Old and NewPittsburgIllustratedCompliments ofThe A. L. Sailor Clothing Co. By Union Publishing Company., 189627 pages, Illustrated, searchable ******************************************************************************Digital EBook CD Requires Adobe Reader 7 or higher to View; or MAC AccessAutoboot Menu for Easy PC Access; Manually open files on MAC****************************************************************************** "The purpose of this work is to present a history of Pittsburg from its earliest clays down to the present time, when the city is ready to cele- brate the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its birth as an English settlement. Though the French from Canada had laid claim to the Fork of the Ohio, the dominion of the English speaking people began properly with the successful expedition of General John Forbes to capture Fort Duquesne from the French in 1758. For a third of a century after that the story of Pittsburg is made up of a strange mingling of tragedy and romance on the one hand, and of privations and exertions on the other. Though the reader of these pages is sometimes taken away from the immediate locality of which they treat, he will always find that the subject under consideration is one in which Pittsburg and her people were deeply concerned. The narrative as told here is made as nearly chronological as is possible with a local history, and the publishers feel confident that the author, Mr. John Newton Boucher, has not only laid before the readers in a pleasing and forceful manner the salient facts of the long and interesting story, but that he has included much of that purely antiquarian lore which is to many the most instructive and delightful feature of history." Pittsburgh (originally Fort Duquesne) was captured by British forces during the Seven Years War. The earliest known reference to the new name of the settlement is in a letter sent from General John Forbes to William Pitt the Elder, dated 27 November 1758, notifying Pitt that his name had been given to the place. The first recorded reference using the current spelling is found on a survey map made for the Penn family in 1769. In the city charter, granted on March 18, 1816, the Pittsburgh spelling is used on the original document, but due to an apparent printing error, the Pittsburg spelling is found on official copies of the document printed at the time. Even before the name of the city was temporarily changed to Pittsburg in 1897, that spelling variant was well-attested. For example, the image to the right—published in 1857—is captioned "Bridge over the Monongahela river, Pittsburg, Penn." In 1891 the United States Board on Geographic Names adopted thirteen general principles to be used in standardizing place names, one of which was that place names ending in -burgh should drop the final -h. The Board compiled a report of place name "decisions", also in 1891, in which the city's name was rendered Pittsburg. The history of Pittsburgh began with centuries of Native American civilization in the modern Pittsburgh region. Eventually French and British explorers encountered the strategic juncture where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers meet to form the Ohio. The area became a battleground when France and Britain fought for control in the 1750s. Following American independence in 1783, the village around Fort Pitt continued to grow. The region saw the short-lived Whiskey Rebellion, when farmers rebelled against federal taxes on whiskey. The War of 1812 cut off the supply of British goods, stimulating American manufacture. By 1815, Pittsburgh was producing large quantities of iron, brass, tin, and glass products. By the 1840s, Pittsburgh had grown to one of the largest cities west of the Allegheny Mountains. Production of steel began in 1875. By 1911, Pittsburgh was producing half the nation's steel. Check out my other items! 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