Standard History of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Page 74, Issue 5464

Erasmus Wilson

H.R. Cornell & Company, 1898 - Pittsburgh (Pa.) - 1074 pages

Contents

• CHAPTER I: 19
• City Expenses and Debt: 24
• CHAPTER II: 28
• CHAPTER III: 50
• Beginning of a Town: 60
• Craigs Description of the Place: 72
• Mail and Stage Routes 7879: 78
• Passenger and Freight Lines 8489: 84
• Importance and Extent of Carrying Trade: 92
• Stage Improvements: 98
• Manufacturing Houses of 1849 247: 99
• Travel on the Turnpikes: 104
• CHAPTER VI: 112
• First Suspension Bridge: 114
• 49: 120
• 50: 127
• Railway Connection with Baltimore: 137
• CHAPTER VII: 143
• Kentucky Products: 151
• Death of Commerce in 181819 157159: 157
• 51: 163
• The Panic of 1837 ΙΖΙ: 171
• The Great Season of 1839: 177
• Board of Trade and Merchants Exchange 170171172: 182
• 52: 184
• Precarious Existence of the Board of Trade: 188
• English Imports Considered: 209
• Resolutions of 1819 and 1820: 217
• 53: 227
• The Woolens Bill Advocated: 231
• Steamboats Built 1840 to 1849: 244
• The Products of 1857 250251: 250
• The Foundry of Joseph McClurg: 257
• New Companies and Associations: 263
• Extent of the Industry: 271
• Establishments of 1833 277278: 277
• Manufacturers of 1839: 283
• Building of Locomotives 292294: 292
• Manufactures of 1836: 294
• The Rollingmills of 1860: 299
• Its Officers and Business: 303
• Its Suspension and Termination: 317
• Conduct of the Branch Criticised: 330
• The Bank Forced to Close: 338
• Bank Meeting of January 1834: 344
• Exchange Bank of Pittsburg: 351
• Resumption Demanded by a Public Meeting: 358
• Antibank Movements Continued: 364
• CHAPTER XV: 372
• CHAPTER XVI: 397
• Desertion of the Pennsylvania Militia: 403
• Rapid Formation of Companies: 410
• Ten Companies Promptly Organized: 411
• Flag Presentations and Speeches: 417
• Second Regiment to Rendezvous Here: 418
• Muster Roils of the Blues and Grays: 427
• Private Bankers of the Forties: 433
• Demands for Greater Capital: 439
• Relief Measures of 1861: 453
• 459461: 461
• CHAPTER XIX: 468
• Comparison of Depreciated Bills: 478
• Still Other National Banks Formed: 483
• Capital and Business Compared: 484
• The Distress of 188385: 492
• Clearinghouse Certificates Issued 497498: 498
• Riddles Wood Street Academy: 504
• First Instruction in Shorthand: 510
• Normal Schools: 518
• CHAPTER XXI: 524
• Provisions of the Law Formally Adopted: 530
• Tax Levy Statistics and Expenses: 537
• CHAPTER XXII: 543
• Order of Removal Countermanded: 549
• Assassination of President Lincoln: 581
• CHAPTER XXIII: 603
• The Homeopathic Hospital: 612
• Prevalence of Disease in 1802: 620
• Board of Trade Organized: 704
• Products of 1837 and 1839: 710
• Expenses and Statistics 718719: 718
• New City Buildings 1855: 725
• Connollys Character and Acts: 731
• National and State Constitutions Adopted 737740: 737
• The Meeting at Smurs Tavern: 743
• The Third Newspaper Founded: 749
• Pittsburg Attracts Congressional Attention: 757
• Acts of the Assembly 810812: 810
• The Formation of Abolition Societies: 816
• The KansasNebraska Bill Opposed: 822
• Republican County Convention Held: 828
• Interest in the Dred Scott Case 833834: 833
• Mr Sculls Hazardous Undertaking: 835
• First Issue of the Mercury: 839
• Character of Mr Craig: 842
• The Vile and Speckled Reptile: 846
• Newspapers of the Forties 849854: 849
• Newspapers of the Forties: 851
• Business of 1846: 907
• The Strike of 1848: 962
• CHAPTER XXXV: 967
• CHAPTER XXXVI: 975
• Charles Pfeifer: 1074

Bibliographic information

• Title: Standard History of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Page 74, Issue 5464; Pennsylvania county and regional histories; Standard History of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Weston Arthur Goodspeed
• Editor: Erasmus Wilson
• Publisher: H.R. Cornell & Company, 1898
• Original from: the University of Wisconsin - Madison
• Digitized: Feb 13, 2012
• Length: 1074 pages