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

Erasmus Wilson

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

Contents

• CHAPTER I: 19
• Their Final Departure: 27
• Capture by the French: 33
• Frontier Desolated by the Savages: 39
• Proclamations of Penn and Dunmore: 51
• The Line as Established: 57
• 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
• Craigs Spider 08: 98
• Travel on the Turnpikes: 104
• CHAPTER VI: 112
• First Suspension Bridge: 114
• Laying of the Cornerstone Lock 1: 120
• Portable Iron Canal Boat: 127
• Acts of the Assembly: 132
• Railway Connection with Baltimore: 137
• CHAPTER VII: 143
• Kentucky Products: 151
• Death of Commerce in 181819 157159: 157
• Exports of the Fiscal Year 182526: 163
• The Panic of 1837: 171
• The Great Season of 1839: 177
• Board of Trade and Merchants Exchange 170171172: 182
• Precarious Existence of the Board of Trade: 188
• Views of John Scull 1786: 194
• The Evans Gristmill: 202
• Baldwins Aid to Manufactures: 211
• Resolutions of 1819 and 1820: 217
• Tobacco Salt: 227
• Manufacturing Houses of 1849: 247
• First Furnaces West of the Alleghanies: 253
• Use of Coke First Proposed: 260
• The Rollingmills of 182526: 268
• Business of 1830: 274
• Price of Blooms and Pig Metal 281281: 281
• The Ironmasters Convention: 289
• Manufactures of 1836: 294
• The Metalworkers of 1856: 297
• Branch of the Government Bank: 303
• Branch of the Bank of Pennsylvania: 304
• Its Curtailment of Accommodations: 309
• CHAPTER XIV: 317
• Opposition to the Branch Bank: 323
• Conduct of the Branch Criticised: 330
• City Bank of Pittsburg: 338
• Bank Meeting of January 1834: 344
• Exchange Bank of Pittsburg: 351
• Panic and Suspension of 1837: 358
• Antibank Movements Continued: 364
• CHAPTER XV: 372
• Three Generations Considered: 379
• Habits of the Early Lawyers: 389
• 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: 418
• Muster Roils of the Blues and Grays 427: 427
• Pittsburg Trust and Savings Company: 433
• Statements of 1853 and 1854: 439
• The Panic of 1857: 447
• The Suspension of 1860 45 2: 453
• Butchers to Issue Small Change 459461: 459
• CHAPTER XIX: 468
• Comparison of Depreciated Bills: 478
• 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
• Measures Taken for Home Defense: 558
• Rejoicing Over Fort Donelson: 568
• Copperheads Butternuts et: 577
• Great Joy Over Lees Surrender: 591
• The Sanitary Fair: 601
• The Mercy Hospital: 613
• 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
• Virginia Uses Force: 731
• National and State Constitutions Adopted 737740: 737
• The Meeting at Smurs Tavern: 743
• The Third Newspaper Founded: 749
• Protection to Manufacturers Favored: 756
• Tickets of 1824 and 1825 759761: 774
• Acts of the Assembly: 803
• The Colonization Society Reorganized: 810
• Republicans of Ohio and Indiana: 826
• Other Questions than Slavery Abandoned: 832
• CHAPTER XXIX: 836
• The Manufacturer: 842
• The Press of 1839: 848
• An Editor in Jail: 851
• Business of 1846: 907
• Strikes of 1877 and 1892: 950
• The Strike of 1848: 962
• CHAPTER XXXV: 967
• CHAPTER XXXVI: 975
• Andrew Carnegie: 1018

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