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Early History of Western Pennsylvania; and of the West, and of Western Expeditions and Campaigns, from Mdccliv to Mdcccxxxiii

Author : Israel Daniel Rupp

Publisher : Theclassics.Us

Page : 370 pages

File Size : 15,66 MB

Release : 2013-09

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ISBN : 9781230411132

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1848 edition. Excerpt: ... might have spared. Many a tall harvest have I seen growing upon the ground; but never did I look upon its waving luxuriance without thinking of the severe trials, the patient fortitude, the high courage which characterized the early settlers. '* The prisoners were surrendered by the Indians to the British in Canada. The beauty and misfortune of the Misses H attracted attention; and an English officer--perhaps moved by beauty in distress to love her for the dangers she had passed--wooed and won the fair and gentle Marian. After the peace of '83 the rest of the captives were delivered up, and returned to their country." [NO. XXVIII.] WASHINGTON COUNTY. . . .Washington county was erected by an act passed March 28, 1781, and was then bounded as follows: " Beginning at the junction of the Monongahela and Ohio rivers; thence up the Monongahela river aforesaid, to the line run by Mason and Dixon; thence by the said line dye west, to the end thereof; and from thence the same course, to the end of five degrees west longitude, computed from the river Delaware; thence by a meridian line extended north, until the same intersect the Ohio river; and thence by the same to the place of beginning; (the said lines, from the end of Mason and Dixon's line to the Ohio river, to be understood as to be hereafter ascertained by commissioners now appointed, or to be appointed for that purpose)." The limits of this county were reduced by erecting Allegheny in 1788, subsequently by adding another portion of this county to Allegheny, in 1789, and erecting Greene in 1796, and Beaver in 1800, and by altering the lines between Washington and Greene in 1802. By the act erecting this county, James Edgar, Hugh Scott, Van Swearingham, Daniel Lite and John Armstrong, were...



The Western Delaware Indian Nation, 1730–1795

Author : Richard S. Grimes

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield

Page : 355 pages

File Size : 50,36 MB

Release : 2017-10-16

Category : History

ISBN : 1611462258

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During the early eighteenth century, three phratries or tribes (Turtle, Turkey, and Wolf) of Delaware Indians left their traditional homeland in the Delaware River watershed and moved west to the Allegheny Valley of western Pennsylvania and eventually across the Ohio River into the Muskingum River valley. As newcomers to the colonial American borderlands, these bands of Delawares detached themselves from their past in the east, developed a sense of common cause, and created for themselves a new regional identity in western Pennsylvania. The Western Delaware Indian Nation, 1730-1795: Warriors and Diplomats is a case study of the western Delaware Indian experience, offering critical insight into the dynamics of Native American migrations to new environments and the process of reconstructing social and political systems to adjust to new circumstances. The Ohio backcountry brought to center stage the masculine activities of hunting, trade, war-making, diplomacy and was instrumental in the transformation of Delaware society and with that change, the advance of a western Delaware nation. This nation, however, was forged in a time of insecurity as it faced the turmoil of imperial conflict during the Seven Years' War and the backcountry racial violence brought about by the American Revolution. The stress of factionalism in the council house among Delaware leaders such as Tamaqua, White Eyes, Killbuck, and Captain Pipe constantly undermined the stability of a lasting political western Delaware nation. This narrative of western Delaware nationhood is a story of the fight for independence and regional unity and the futile effort to create and maintain an enduring nation. In the end the western Delaware nation became fragmented and forced as in the past, to journey west in search of a new beginning. The Western Delaware Indian Nation, 1730-1795: Warriors and Diplomats is an account of an Indian people and their dramatic and arduous struggle for autonomy, identity, political union, and a permanent homeland.



The Early Architecture Of Western Pennsylvania

Author : Charles Morse Stotz

Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press

Page : 803 pages

File Size : 22,22 MB

Release : 2023-07-13

Category : Architecture

ISBN : 0822990326

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A new edition of this long unavailable classic reproduces photographic prints made from original negatives and features an extensive analytical introduction by the noted architectural historian Dell Upton.Before the 1936 publication of The Early Architecture of Western Pennsylvania, the architectual heritage of a region prominent in the history of early America had been almost totally neglected. Based on a four-year survey conducted by the Pittsburgh chapter of the American Istitute of Architects, Charles Morse Stotz's book provides the definitive description and analysis of structures ranging from log houses to colonial and Georgian structures to examples of the pre-Civil War Gothic revival. The volume defines the local architectural idiom as an expression of the frontier and early industrial societies that played such an important part in the history of nineteenth century America.This oversized volume of 416 black-and-white photographs, 81 measured drawings and an extensive text presents a splendid array of early dwellings, barns, and other outbuildings, churches, arsenals, banks, inns, commercial buildings, tollhouses, mills, and even tombstones. Time has proved this work to be the definitive record of an architectural heritage that was fast disappearing with the economic boom of World War II and the postwar years.The Early Architecture of Western Pennsylvania is also a work of precision, beauty, and integrity. The drawings ignore alterations made after 960 and shoe the buildings in their original condition, giving special attention to details such as window sashes, shutters, cornices, and roofs. The floor plan of each structure is included, and line drawings display the profiles of moldings and ornamentation. Signature stones and hardware convey the quality of the early craftsmen's work. In all cases, stone joining has been faithfully drawn, joint for joint, to record the charm of old wall patterns.This new edition makes a landmark book available to a new generation of readers - one especially aware of the importance of architectural preservation and guarding the history of the Western Pennsylvania region.