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Historical Society Notes and Documents HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOTES AND DOCUMENTS THE MANUSCRIPT AND MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA A Preliminary Guide Part Thirteen GA PRINTED MATERIAL, ARTICLES, NEWSPAPERS, PAMPHLETS, ETC. [Allegheny County, Pa v Court of Common Pleas.] "Roster of Law Judges of The Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County Between 1791-1939. Together with record of the periods of their respective first commissions and dates when service ended. Compiled by ... James H.Gray." Consists of pp. 3-4 of the Pittsburgh Legal Journal, 1939 Oct. 14. Includes also "Roster of Law Judges of the District Court of Allegheny County." Authors Club of Pittsburgh. List of Pittsburgh Authors and Their Works [1920?]. Pamphlet, paper covers, 3.5 x5 in.,8 pp. (Two copies). Baird, George M.P. "The Pittsburgh Arms." Photocopy of The Pittsburgh Record, 5: 16-25 (No. 5, June- July 1931), including an illustration of the arms of Chatham and Edinburgh. Extracted from his ArmorialBearing Historically Associated with Pittsburgh, n.p., n.d. Bald Eagle RailRoad, 1838-1839. Report of William E. Morris ... of the Survey for a Rail Road by the Valley of the Bald Eagle; Demonstrating the Prac- ticability of passing the summit of the Allegheny Mountain at Emigh's Gap in Centre County, .. without Inclined Planes. Philadelphia, 1839. Pamphlet, paper covers, 8 pp., withfolding map. 1953 Gift of Chester County Historical Society. Belfour, C. Stanton. "George Washington in Western Pennsylvania." 1971 HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 89 Photocopy of The Pittsburgh Record, 6 :35-64 (No. 3, Feb.- Mar. 1932). Anaccount of Washington's seven visits to the area. Bethel Presbyterian Church. Financial statement and list of members, 1915-1916. Double-fold sheet, 6x5 in., with view of the church on paper cover. Blairsville Presbytery. Minutes,...December 10, 1918. First Presbyterian Church Greensburg, Pa. Pamphlet, paper cover, 8 pp. [Blockhouse, Pittsburgh]. The Block House, 1764-1914. Double-fold pamphlet, 6.5 x3.5 in., with illustration. Boyd, Charles N. "Pittsburgh Composers." Photocopy of The Pittsburgh Record, 5 :50-53 (No. 4, Apr. 1931). Includes references to Stephen C. Foster, Adolph M. Foerster, Ethelbert Nevin, Charles Wakefield Cadman, Victor Herbert, Emil Paur, Carlo Minetti, Joseph Carl Breil, Guiseppe Ferrata, T. Carl Whitmer, Harvey Gaul, Antonio Modarelli, Anna Risher, Leo Oehmler, William Oetting, and others. Boyle,Margaret. Johnstown Flood. Steubenville, O., Press of E. W. MacKay, 1889. Poem, brown paper cover, 8 pp. 1939 Gift of Johnstown Flood Correspondents' Association. [Braddock, Gen. Edward.] "Braddock's Defeat :The Theories and a Reconsideration," by Robert L.Yaple. Photocopy of The Journal of the Society for ArmyHistorical Research, 46: 194-201 (London, No. 188, Winter, 1968). Con- tains illustrations of the Mackellar maps. Brookes, Rev. George S. "Faith of our Mothers." Sheet music; lyrics to music by Clifton S. Strong. 1933 Gift of the lyricist. 90 HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOTES AND DOCUMENTS JANUARY Brunot, Felix R. Wine and Truth. New York, National Temperance Society, 1880. Pamphlet, paper cover, 7.5 x 5 in.,12 pp. Buck, Elizabeth Hawthorn. "Early Literary Culture in Western Pennsylvania." Photocopy of The Pittsburgh Record, 9: 2-8 (No. 4, Autumn, 1935). Calvary Episcopal Church, East End. The Stones of Calvary. Issued by Grade Twelve of Calvary Church School, Pittsburgh, Pa. Lent, 1929. Pamphlet, cardboard cover, 6 x4.5 in.,23 pp. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. [Estimated construction costs.] Incomplete report comprising 20 sheets including sub- divisions of Western Section: 1 From the mouth of Casselman's River 2 From Connelsville to Sewickley Creek. 3 ... to the mouth of the Youghiogeny. 4 ... to Pittsburgh. 1959 Gift of Library, Rutgers State University, New Brunswick, N. J. [Congruity, Pa v Presbyterian Church and Cemetery.] "Old Congruity Celebration"; . "The Revolutionary Soldiers Buried at Congruity," etc. A series of articles in The Westmoreland Patriot, 1:45-47 (1934), pub. at Greensburg, Pa., by the General Nathanael Greene Chapter, S.A.R., Greensburg, Pa. The list contains 23 names and refer to 233 additional veterans innamed churchyards. [Copybook.] An Alphabetical Set of Large, Round, And Small Hand Topics. Published by H.Anderson, Cadiz, Ohio, ca. 1830. 28 pp., 3.5 x8 in., paper covers protected by contemporary newspaper cover, sewn, with inscription :Perry P. Powell Coppy [!] Plate. S. W. M. Walker on t. p. 'Corn Plant [er]." [Biographical sketch.] Unbound excerpt from Thomas L. McKenny and James 1971 HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 91 Hall,The History of the Indian Tribes of North America (Phila- delphia, 1838), v. 1, pp. 85-93. [CORNPLANTER. ] "The Home of the Noted Indian Chief, Cornplanter. Illustrated article in Leslie's Monthly, 1886 Feb., pp. 152- 158. Crumrine, Boyd. "In Our Early Days." Series of articles in The Washington, Pa., Supper Table, N.S. vol. 3, nos. 36-41 (1907 Dec-1908 Jan.) :"Bibliography of Washington County," constitutes the four parts. [East Liberty.] An Historic Highway Being a Brief Account of Penn Avenue's Place in the History of Pittsburgh. Liberty National Bank, Pittsburgh, c. 1918. Pamphlet, paper covers, 6 x 4.5 in., 8 pp. Eisenschiml, Otto. Reviews Reviewed. A Challenge to Historical Critics. Ann Arbor, WilliamL.Clements Library, 1940. Pamphlet, paper covers, 8x5 in.,22 pp. First Reformed Presbyterian Church. Homewood. Annual Report and Official Church Directory issued by Board of Trustees, 1934. Pamphlet, paper cover, 9x6 in.,27 pp. ;withview of church. Fleming, George T. "History from an Old Map," in the Pittsburgh Gazette Times, 1922 July 9-Aug. 27. Negative photostats, 14 x 19 in., of a series of 8 weekly half- and full-page articles, based on William Masson's 1805 "Plan of Pittsburgh" now in the HSWP. Forrest, Earle R "Ancestor of Local Resident Was Indian Fighter in This Section." Article in The Washington (Pa.) Reporter, 1949 May 6, containing an account of Col. Archibald Lochry's Westmoreland County Volunteers who attempted to joinGeorge Rogers Clark's expedition against Detroit in1781. 92 HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOTES AND DOCUMENTS JANUARY "Three More Pictures Added to Collection in Pioneer Grill." Series of 3 articles in The Washington (Pa.) Reporter, 1949 May 3-4, on decorations in the George Washington Hotel, includ- ing historical accounts of the Washington- Jumonville affair and surrender at Fort Necessity, 1754; also relating to George Rogers Clark. Tort Du Quesne." Photocopy of lead article of The Newport [Rhode Island] Mercury, or, The Weekly Advertiser; . , 1758 Dec. 26. Publ. in WPHM 34: 123-125. According to marginal note by S. J. B[uck]., the material, except for the first sentence, is taken from Lewis Evans, Analysis of a Map, Philadelphia, 1755. The original newspaper is in JCB Library. 1934 Giftof Douglas C.McMurtrie. [Fort Duquesne.] "From the New-York Gazette, December 18." Partial transcript and complete photocopy of a column in the Maryland Gazette, no. 714, 1759 Jan. 12, in the Maryland State Library. Probably quoted from the Newport Mercury, 1758 Dec. 26, based on Evans, Analysis of a Map, 1755. Fort Morris [1755]. Cumberland County, Pa. Fort Morris, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. Illustrated pamphlet, paper covers, 4 x 5.5 in., 10 pp. text reprinted from Report of the Commission toLocate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania. Issued by the Board of Trade, Shippensburg, Pa., as Historical Series No. 1. Foster, Stephen C. [Collection of published songs, 1855-1861.] Consists of separate editions of :Some Folks, c. 1855 ;The Glendy Burk, c. 1860 ;A Penny for Your Thoughts, c. 1861 ;The Merry,Merry Month of May [1862]. Friendship HillAssociation. Friendship Hill, Home of Albert Gallatin [by] Minnie Kendall Lowther. c. 1927. Illustrated double-fold pamphlet, 9 x 5 in. Gift of Omar S. Decker. Gayerre, Charles. "Washington's Surrender at Fort Necessity/ 1971 HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 93 Illustrated article in Leslie's, 1884 Nov.,pp. 550-559. Among the illustrations is a portrait of Francis Coulon de Villiers. George Washington Memorial Park, Pittsburgh. A Preliminary Study for the Proposed Development of ... Double-fold pamphlet, 4 pp., with plan by Harland Bartholo- mew &Associates, St. Louis, Mo., n.d. "The Western Pennsyl- vania Historical Society has requested the co-operation of the Lower Downtown Business Men's Association in a recently initi- ated plan to create a National Historical Shrine at the 'Point' in Pittsburgh." Great Britain. Parliament. AnAct for the better recruiting of His Majesty's Forces on the Continent of America; and for the better Regulation of the Army, and preventing Desertion there. London, 1756. Photocopy of pp. 583-90 of the collected acts of Parliament, 1754 May 31-1755 Nov. 13. An Act to enable His Majesty to grant Commissions to a certain Number of Foreign Protestants who have served Abroad as Officers, or Engineers, to act and rank as Officers, or Engi- neers, in America only, under certain Restrictions and Qualifica- tions. London, 1756. Photocopy of pp. 187-8 of the collected acts of Parliament, 1754 May 31-1755 Nov. 13. Harrison, William J. "Some Notes on The Harrison Family of Engravers." Photocopy, 9 pp., of reprint from The Essay Proof Journal, 1946 Oct., pp. 3-11. Withphotocopy of sample bank notes, includ- ing one printed by P. Harrison of Pittsburgh, also T.L.S. to HSWP, 1966 Oct. 17. H[ilts].,A[nna]. The Deluge of Conemaugh Valley. A Poem. By A. H. Cincinnati, O. Copyright, 1889, by Author. 4 pp., black borders, integral cover t. p. 2 copies, with ms. corrections inink on both. 1939 Gift of Johnstown Flood Correspondents' Association Records. [Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio.] The Hiram Reunion. Poem and Address, together with the 94 HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOTES AND DOCUMENTS JANUARY constitution and officers of the Society. June 14, 1867. Cleveland, Ohio, 1867. Pamphlet, 32 pp., lacking back paper cover. Hiram College was then known as The Eclectic Institute ;the Master of Cere- monies was James A.Garfield.
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