Category: History - American
This little book will interest the Pittsburgher of 1916 chiefly because the parts and pieces of which it is made were written by men who were living here or who passed this way in 1816.
"When a village was laid out along the pike there was usually a public square in its center, and at least two corners of this public square were set apart for taverns. This squa...
2. Part 2"The streets of Pittsburgh are lighted, and consequently the useful order of watchmen is established. My ears, however, have not become reconciled to their music. It is true, I...
4. Part 4"Between 1764 and 1819 the only means of crossing these streams, at Pittsburg, was by way of ferries. The first of these, it is believed, was operated from the foot of Ferry str...
5. Part 5The society numbered among its members the brightest and best bred young people of the city, most of whom took part in each performance. They were given in a room on Wood street...
1. Part 1This little book will interest the Pittsburgher of 1916 chiefly because the parts and pieces of which it is made were written by men who were living here or who passed this way...
6. Part 6Just arrived from Amsterdam, Tradesmen and Farmers, single and married, who are willing to bind themselves for the payment of their passage money, amounting to about ninety doll...