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HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOTES AND DOCUMENTS THE MANUSCRIPT AND MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA A Preliminary Guide Part Thirteen

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[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, including 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, including 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. 1934 From Forward Family records, AB. [Horn Papers.] "The Mystery of the Horn Papers," by Arthur Pierce Mid- dleton and Douglass Adair. Offprint from The William and Mary Quarterly, ser. 3, 4: 409-445 (1947), concluding that, although the volume of maps is valuable, the other two are spurious. Huidekoper, Col. H[ ].S. (1842-1918). Pennsylvania at Gettysburg Reminiscences. N.p., n.d. Illustrated pamphlet, 8x6 in., [12] pp. ".. . posthumous letter . . . describing opening scenes in the Battle of Gettys- burg .. ." Hunter, J. Stewart. "Some Pittsburgh Authors." Photocopy of The Pittsburgh Record, 5 :58-61 (No. 3, Feb. 1931). Refers to Margaret Deland, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Willa Cather, Elizabeth Levin Stern, William A. Johnston, George Seldes, McCready Huston, Robinson Jeffers, Hervey Allen, Haniel Long, John Reed Scott, Russel Neale, W. G. Rogers, Frances Hickok, and others. Indian Treaties. Albany, 1693. A Journal kept by Coll. Stephen Courtland, & Coll. Nich. Beyard, ... to Albany In Treating with the Indians of the Five Nations, and River Indians of that Province, in the Months of June and July, 1693. ... Printed and Sold by William Bradford New- York, 1693. Facsimile t. p. and p. 3 only, as prospectus for Douglas C. McMurtrie and Wilberforce Eames, New York Printing MDCXCII,Chicago, 1928. James, Alfred P. "William Pitt and Pittsburgh." Photocopy of The Pittsburgh Record, 7: 47-52 (Jan.-Feb.— 1933). Suggests alternative names that might have been used 1971 HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 95

Hanbury, Dinwiddie, Robinson, Newcastle, Georgetown, Am- herstburg, etc. Jameson, Storm, and Guy Patterson Chapman. "Impressions of Pittsburgh." Illustrated article, excerpted from The Bulletin Index, 1948 Dec. 11, 10-11. Johnson, James G. "The Old Bench and Bar of Fayette County." Published text of address at annual banquet of the county Bar Association, 1917 Jan. 13, in the Uniontown Morning Herald, Jan. 15. The author was the first Burgess of Uniontown; the text comprises one fullpage. Junta Club. Pittsburgh. Constitution and By-Laivs, of the Junta Club of the East End, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1882. Printed paper covers, 5 x 3.5 in., pp. 8-12 From Utley Collection. Kenan, Herbert A. "Broadaxe days in Pittsburgh/ Photocopy of The Pittsburgh Record, 3:32-39 (Apr. 1929). Includes decorative "An historical Map of the esteemed city of Pittsburgh its growth and advantages," 4.5 x8 in., and a previ- ously unpublished L.S. Solomon Stoner, Pittsburgh, 1822 July 12, to his cousin, Frederickstown, Md., containing description of the city, pp. 37-39. Lacock, John Kennedy. TheBraddock and Forbes Roads and their effects in Western Pennsylvania. Pamphlet, 9x6 in., 17 pp. Cover title: Address delivered at the celebration of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Battle of Bushy Run ... August 6th, 1913. Fort Necessity, Braddock 's Grave, and Washington's First Battlefield. Boston, 1932. Pamphlet, 5.5 x4.5 in., 12 pp. Copyrighted by the Boston School of Expression and Dramatic Art. [Ligonier, Pa.] Historical Ligonier Valley. A Souvenir, by William G. Riwin. Ligonier, 1898. 96 HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOTES AND DOCUMENTS JANUARY

Illustrated pamphlet, 6x9 in.,48 pp.

Lucas Family. "The Lucases. An Allegheny County Family Prominent in St. Louis." Clipping from an unidentified Pittsburgh newspaper, 1882 Feb. 21, concerning descendants of John B. C. Lucas (1758- 1842), who settled near Pittsburgh. Pub. in WPHM 4: 234-239 as reprinted from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1882 Feb. 18.

McCreight, M.I. [Dubois, Pa., 1940.] A Red Man's Lincoln. "A Talk at Kiwanis Club Dinner 'Lincoln Day* February, 1940, by M. I. McCreight, Member by Adoption, of the Great Chiefs Tribe, The Sioux," double-fold sheet. Concerns Crazy Horse. Theodore Roosevelt and Conservation Why. A Thirty-Four Year Moratorium on Unpublished Records. Pamphlet, paper covers, 8x6 in., 26 pp. Includes published correspondence of author with Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot, etc. 1940 Gift of the author.

McWilliams,B. M., Irwin,Pa. [Collection of sheet music, 1922-1926.] Consists of: The Angels' Lullaby . .. brilliant church and concert solo, 1925; Beyond the Mists . . . Sacred song with quartet refrain, c. 1926; That Lovely Land, A Successful sacred song, c. 1922. S. by the composer. Martin, William J. "Oldest Monongahela." Photocopy of The Pittsburgh Record, 5: 42-47 (No. 1, Jan. 1930). Deals witharchaeological work of the Westmoreland- Fayette Branch of the HSWP, and the work of George S. Fisher. Masson, William. Plan of Pittsburgh with the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers Showing the Connection with the Ohio. Likewise the Different Vessels Built at Pittsburgh Written Out by William Masson. [1805]. See Fleming, George T. "History from an Old Map." 1971 HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 97

[Neville family of Beaver Co., Pa.] 1861 to 1865. The Nevilles' War Record. Reunion Held at Youngstown Aug. 29, 1892. Photocopy of an 8 p. pamphlet on military records of six Neville brothers: Enoch (b. 1848), Jason (b. 1842), Levi (b. 1840), Ira (b. 1838), Lemuel (b. 1845), and Dr. R. (b. 1847). Of those listed, only Lemuel was at the time of publication living in Pa., at Industry. 1968 Gift of Julius W. Murphy. Niagara Volunteer Fire Company, Pittsburgh. "Dog 'Jack' Mascot of the 102nd Regiment P.V.V. (Old 13th) Washington Infantry." — Illustrated article, 1p., withphotoprint of subject by Addis Wash., D. C, 1865, "Most of the members of the Niagara Fire Company enlisted in Co. F., of the 102nd .. ." Oliver,John W. "The Point Memorial." Photocopy of The Pittsburgh Record, 5 :32-35 (Oct. 1930). Included is "Design for a national, state, and city park at the historic Point," by A. Marshall Bell and Edward B. Lee, featur- ing an illuminated monument to George Rogers Clark at the gateway to the west. Happily the plan was abandoned. Panella, Frank A. Land of the Free {ANew National Anthem). Sheet music, words by Maj. D. W. Blakeslee, music by Frank A. Panella. c. 1933, by Frank A. Panella, Pittsburgh. 1933 Gift of the composer and publisher. Paul, Col. James (1760-1841), and Joseph Paul. "Colonel Paul's Narrative. His Escape from the Indians. (Written for the Steubenville Herald." 1868; with: "Colonel Paul's Escape from the Indians." Five-column in the Uniontown American Standard, 1869 Apr. 8. An account by Robert A. Sherrard of Col. Paul's par- ticipation in Crawford's expedition of 1782, with corrections by Col. Paul's son. Philological Institute. Pittsburgh. Address delivered before the Philological Institute on the evening of its Tenth Anniversary by A. W. Parks. Pittsburgh, D. N. White, 1837. 98 HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOTES AND DOCUMENTS JANUARY

Pamphlet, paper covers, 7.5x4.5 in., 28 pp. Address delivered before the Philological Institute, on the eighth of December, the Eleventh Anniversary. By Wm. B. M'Clure. Pittsburgh, E. B. Fisher & Co., 1839. Pamphlet, paper covers detached, 7 x4.5 in.,28 pp. Pittsburgh. Centennial, 1858. Centennial Celebration Keepsake, Commemorating the Evacuation ofFort Duquesne, Nov. 25, 1758. Pittsburgh, Novem- ber 25, 1858. Printed by W. S. Haven. Sold by Hunt & Miner, Fifth St. 4 pp. Consists of extracts from Day, Brackenridge, etc.. compiled by Jos. M.Kinkead. Among the advertisements is :View of the City of Pittsburgh, Head Quarters of Dr. McLane's Celebrated Vermifuge &Liver Pills, 4.5 x8 in.

Pittsburgh. Chamber of Commerce. Report of the Special Committee on Free Bridges, giving a Review of the Work of the Committee towards Securing the Freeing of the Bridges across the Allegheny River. 1911. Pamphlet, paper covers, 9x6 in., 16 pp.

Pittsburgh Convention and Tourist Bureau Publications, 1936. Miscellaneous single-fold pamphlets to "Sell Pittsburgh to America."

Pittsburgh Council of the Churches of Christ. Greetings from Pittsburgh, 1917. Pamphlet, 7.5 x 5.5 in.,16 pp., prepared for The Interchurch Congress, 1917 Oct. 1-4. Includes Allegheny County church statistics and list of publications of the Council of Churches. Gift of Omar S. Decker. Pittsburgh. Description, 1848. "Residence Abroad." Anonymous article with subtitles: The Smoky City; The Bluffs ;The Coal Mines ;and Visits;From The Ladies' Reposi- tory, 8: 281-283 (1848 Sep.). "Pittsburgh's Flames and Forges," by Henry Tyrell. Illustrated article, 13 pp., from Leslie's Magazine, 611-623 (1888). 1933 Purchased from E. H. Frost. 1971 HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 99

Pittsburgh. Fire, 1845. Briefarticle, less than one column, in The Illustrated London News, 1845 May 17, p. 314. Pittsburgh. Manufactures, 1832. House Executive Document, 22nd Congress, 1st Session. Document No.38 [on tariffs].Extracts, p. 238-240, 252-253. Negative photostats, 4 pp. ;testimon)' by :Mahlon Rogers, Steam Engine Maker, Pittsburgh. (Doc. 14, No. 3). Penn Foundry and Steam Engine Manufactory, Pittsburgh. (Doc. 14, No. 11).

Pittsburgh Presbytery. Committee of the Centennial of the FOUNDING OF THE WESTERN FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY. A Brief Sketch of the Western Foreign Missionary Society Organised by the Synod of Pittsburgh 1831. By Thos. C. Pears, Jr. [1931]. Pamphlet, paper covers, 9x6 in., 72 pp. Includes bibliography. From Coldren Collection. Pittsburgh Sanitary Fair, 1864. The Pittsburgh Sanitary Fair. June 1, 1864. By An Old Citizen. Pamphlet of verse, 6.5 x4 in.,12 pp. ;printed inred and blue. Pittsburgh. Sesquicentennial, 1908. "The Beginning of Pittsburgh 2 pp., 23 x 17 in., of the Illustrated Feature Section of The Pittsburgh Dispatch, 1908 Sep. 27. In addition to early views (from Killikelly) contains reduced plans of Forts Duquesne, Pitt, and Fayette. Pittsburgh. University. The Cathedral Living [by John G. Bowman]. Pittsburgh, 1934. Brochure, 12 x9 in., 18 pp. Prepared as part of a campaign to secure funds tocomplete the Cathedral of Learning. PlTTSYLVANIA, 1759. [Proposed colony.] Typescript copy, 2 pp., of news item from The Maryland Gazette, 1759 Mar. 22, dated Perth-Amboy (in New Jersey), January 29. Concerns application for a royal charter for a new 100 HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOTES AND DOCUMENTS JANUARY

colony on the Ohio to honor William Pitt.

Protestant Orphan Asylum of Pittsburgh and Allegheny. FortySecond Annual Report, 1874. Pamphlet, 5.5 x 3.5 in., 9 pp. The Asylum was located at Ridge and Allegheny Aves., Allegheny. Revolutionary War. "Detroit and the Revolution," by Walter S. Dunn, inDetroit Historical Society Bulletin,No. 8 (May-June 1969), p. 4-12. Photocopy of capsule version of the war in the West in which Fort Pitt is prominent. Includes portrait of Gen. Edward Hand and silhouette of Col. George Morgan. Richey, Anna Gertrude. Hail Pittsburgh, Sheet music, pub. by Aiger Publishing Co., Pittsburgh, c. 1933. 1933 Gift of the composer. Ropewalks. "The Old-Time Rope Walk, A Feature of Ante-Bellum Industrial Lifein and about Pittsburgh," by H.M.Phelps. Illustrated article, 2 pp., in the Pittsburgh Home Monthly, 1899 Jan. (v.7, no. 6). St. Andrew's [Episcopal] Church. Pittsburgh. Parish Record, vol. 4, no. 5, 1914. Pamphlet, 10 x 7 in., 8 pp. Gift of Omar S. Decker.

The School Casket. A Magazine for the School and Family. Pittsburgh, ... J. A. Snodgrass & M.B. Sloan Editors and Proprietors. HSWP has v. 2, no. 1 (1868 Nov. 1) and no. 2. 1933 Gift of M.Beatrice McBride. Shadyside Presbyterian Church. Pittsburgh. The Shadyside Scribe. Published by the Young People of the Shadyside Presbyterian Church. February, 1917. Single-fold sheet, 12 x9 in.;with view of the church. Giftof Omar S. Decker. [Shields-Clarke, Thomas.] "The Cider Press." 1971 HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 101

Photoprint of heroic figure, and anonymous article on the life of the sculptor, who was born in Pittsburgh; excerpt from The Illustrated American, 1892 Aug. 27, p. 61, 88. 1948 Gift of L.G. Baldwin,Fulton, N. Y. Somerset County, Pa. Vacation in Somerset County, by Marion Boyle. Somerset Trust Company [and] The First National Bank of Somerset. Folding brochure, 13x21 in.; includes illustrations and a scenic and historical map. Tate, J. M., Jr. The Decline and Dissolution of the Harmony Society January, 1931. 4-p. folder, 7 x6.5 in. 1931 Gift of the author.

The Traffic Club of Pittsburgh. 1911. Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Dinner ... held at Fort Pitt Hotel ...March 30th, 1911. Pamphlet, paper covers, 9x6 in., 31 pp [Voorlezer House, ca. 1696.] "The Story of the Voorlezer 's House (The oldest known elementary school building in the United States)." Historical Pamphlet No. 2, The Staten Island Historical Society, 1939, 8 pp. Washington, George. "Letter ... to —Sir John Sinclair, containing a Description of the United States : never before published." Excerpt from The Monthly Magazine, 22: 517-520 (1807). Refers to land West of mountains as the garden of America; letter dated 1796 Dec. 11. Westmoreland County, Pa. History. "Old Westmoreland," by Jeffery W. Taylor. Text of address before the Synod of Pennsylvania by the Historian of Blairsville Presbytery and Clerk of the Session, First Presbyterian Church of Greensburg; reprint from The Presbyterian Banner, 1922 Dec. 8,p. 11-12.

Young Men's Christian Association of Pittsburgh, East Liberty Branch. 102 HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOTES AND DOCUMENTS JANUARY A Record in Brief of the Thirty-Second Year. 1906. Pamphlet, paper covers, 9x6 in., 28 pp. Includes annual report of chairman, John L.Moore ;list of members ;etc.

GB BROADSIDES, ADVERTISEMENTS, ETC. [Brighton, Beaver County, Pa.] Town Lots for Sale . ..In the town of East Brighton, in Beaver County, at the first Slack Water and Canal Navigation, recently completed by the State, around the Lower Falls of Big Beaver River. ... David Townsend [and] Abel W. Townsend. 1834 May 20. Broadside, 13 x 10 in., somewhat impaired

[Campaign of 1860. National.] Steam passage. Direct route forSalt River... The Lightning steam packet Fusion! Willleave Pittsburgh ... Entrance to the steamer over the Democratic platform. ...For passage, apply on board to Stephen A.Douglas, John Bell,or John C.Breckenridge, Owners. Handbill, 11x4.4 in.

[Cards, greetings, etc.] [Christmas card, c. 1882.] Engraved view of skaters, 5 x7.5 in., bordered with silk fringe. Carriers' address. 1818. New Year's Address of the Carrier of The Commonwealth, to his Patrons, January 1, 1818. 18 x 11 in.; one corner torn, not affecting text. 1936 Gift of Mrs. C. W. Dahlinger. Carriers' address, 1835. Address of the Carriers to the Patrons of the Saturday Evening Visiter, January 1, 1835. Broadside, 14 x9in. 1965 Removed from frame.

Carriers' address. 1842. Address of the Carrier of The Morning Chronicle to his Patrons, at the Commencement of the Year 1842. Pittsburgh, Jan. 1, 1842. 1971 HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 103

17 x 10 in.;one corner lacking, slightly affecting title. [Carriers' addresses, almanacs, tokens, etc.] Collection, 1846-1861. ca. 25 items. To 18 x 12 in.;representing Pittsburgh publishers and newspapers — American, Chronicle, Commercial Journal, Gazette, and Post. From Thaw Papers. Cemeteries. Homewood, Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh's Illustrious "City of the Dead/' by Edward M. Power. [1934]. Elaborite illustrated brochure, 12x9 in., 24 pp. With separate folding plan of lots, 19 x24 in.

Church of the Covenant (Presbyterian). Pittsburgh. [List of officers, etc., ca. 1896.] Card, 5 x3.5 in., without identification, but supplied from donor's note as located near Ellsworth and Negley Aves., and which united with the Third Presbyterian Church, ca. 1910 1948 Gift of Atcheson L.Hench, Charlottesville, Va. CivilWar. [West] Virginia, 1861. To the People of Northwestern Virginia. Head Quarters Virginia Forces, Philippi, Va., May 30th, 1861. Fellow Citizens ... G.A.Porterfield, Colonel of Volunteers Commanding. Broadside, 12 x8 in., urging allegiance to "the defence of your mother !"With annotations in pencil. 1934 InJohn H. Neibaum printed miscellany, Ace. No. 335. Cramer &Spear, Booksellers and Stationers, Pittsburgh, Penn. [Broadside, 1817 Nov.] Positive photostat, 11x8 in., of broadside advertising about 50 books, etc. Original in Wisconsin Historical Society, Draper Mss. 6CC89. 1932 Gift of Douglas C. McMurtrie, Ace. No. 15 Dawson, John Littleton. Brownsville, Pa. Obituary notice, 1870. Black-bordered single-fold sheet, 7.5 x5 in. He died at "Friendship Hill/' Fayette County Railroad. [1859], Fourth of July at Mount Braddock! On the Line of the 104 HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOTES AND DOCUMENTS JANUARY Fayette Counry [!]Railrord [!]. The eighty-third anniversary of American Independence willbe celebrated ... by a picnic party James Veech, Esq. Will deliver an address. Reduced photocopy, 4x6 in., by McClellan Leonard, 1926, of a larger broadside then in possession of the HSWP, but not now located. First Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh. Plan of pews in the First Presbyterian Church [1850's], Broadside, 19 x24 in.,announcing sale of pews inaccordance with resolution of 1852. Two copies, differing slightly in names and mounts inscribed on about half the pews in the main section. Also another copy of plan without names or announcement, lithographed by Schuchman &Haunlein. Fleming Bros., Pittsburgh. Trade cards, ca. 1890. Collection of 9 "Oleographic chromatic" cards advertising Mikado cologne, Dr. C.M'Lane's liver pills, etc. 1949 Gift of Charles Wilkens, Wilmette, 111.

Fort Necessity, Battle of. Facsimile of South Carolina Gazette, August 22, 1754, containing the first report of Washington's battle at Fort Necessity, July 3, 1754. Photoprint, 12 x 8 in.,of 1 p., of the newspaper transcription printed on the reverse. 1954 From Scully Coll. Fort Necessity Memorial Committee, 1931. Prospectus. Single-fold brochure, 11.5x8.5 in., with illustrations of a Memorial Park, Museum, and Monument and an account of money raised and appropriated. The Homeopathic Medical & Surgical Hospital Dispensary of Pittsburgh. Trade Card, ca. 1875. 2.5 x3.5 in.;lists attending physicians and Executive Com- mittee (including Wilson McCandless and Maj. William Frew). Jefferson College. Cannonsburg, Pa. Report of a Committee of the Board .. .,in answer to the 1971 HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 105 publication of the Washington Board ... 1817. Broadside, 20 x 13 in. Johnstown Flood (1889). Help! Help! For the Flood Sufferers Quick. The Penn'a. Railroad Co. WillRun Cars on Liberty Street, at once, For the reception of provisions for the Flood Sufferers ... [Pittsburgh, 1889]. Broadside, 12.5 x8 in.;one margin somewhat impaired. 1934 Gift of John T.Whiston. Kramer & Vogleson. Pittsburgh. The Raven. By Edgar A. Poe. Philadelphia, 1865 Illustrated trade pamphlet, 10 x6 in.,8 pp., advertising goods of manufacturers, and wholesale and retail confectioners and fruiterers, 177 &179 Liberty Street, opposite Market Street. Gift of Omar S. Decker. Lacock, John Kennedy. Illustrated Lectures and Travelogs with artistically colored lantern slides, ca. [1915.] Advertising brochure, 4 pp., 9x 5.5 in., with oval portrait of the lecturer and testimonials from Burd S. Patterson, Wm. K. Stevenson, Erasmus Wilson, and others. Linnean School. Clinton, Allegheny County. Courses of study, 1865-1867. Single-fold announcements, 8x5.5 in. Fair items including Regulations. Address for 1867 given as Mansfield, Pa. 1933 Gift of M.Beatrice McBride. M'Kenna, D., Auct'r. Catalogue of Valuable Scientific and Miscellaneous Books, Willbe sold at the City Auction Room, No. 41 Wood Street, on Saturday Evening ... April1st, 1831. Broadside, 13x8.5 in., listing about 150 books to be sold. 1936 Gift of Mrs. Charles W. Dahlinger. Meredith, William C. Carr's Improved Patent Lard Lamps, [ca. 1850.] Instruction sheet, 3.5x5 in., bearing notation: The above- mentioned Lamps are manufactured by William C.—Meredith, corner of the Diamond and Diamond alley, Pittsburgh who has purchased the patent-right for Allegheny, Westmoreland, Beaver, 106 HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOTES AND DOCUMENTS JANUARY

and Washington Counties. From Jarrett papers. The National Reform Association. Fiftieth Anniversary Program ... Annual Convention ... 1913 ... Exposition Hall, First ... [&] Second Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Pa., December 1 and 2, 1913. Single-fold program includes list of local co-operating clergy. Patterson, Burd S. Pittsburgh, 1816, 1916, 2016. Broadside sheet, 11 x8.5 in., containing 33 stanzas of verse, c. 1916. Penn London Memorial, 1911. Advertisement, Commemoration Medal. 9x 6 in. single sheet withphotoprint of medal, issued by The Pennsylvania Society, New York, in connection with dedication of the memorial to William Penn in the Church of Allhallows Barking, London.

A Piece of Antiquity. Crucifixion of Christ. Written by a Lady. Religious broadside, 19 x8.5 in., printed by T. Parsons & Co., Watertown, ca. 1850? Pioneer Fast Line. Broadside, 1837. Reduced photocopy 9.5 x7 in.,containing illustrations of rail road and canal boats. "From Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, through in 2>y2 days ;and by steam boats, carrying the United States mail, From Pittsburgh to Louisville."

Pittsburgh and Connellsville Rail Road Company. Circular, 1859. 9.5 x7.5 single-fold prospectus of bonds for construction of a Port Perry division. 1934 Gift of Jos. T.Miller with T.L.S. Pittsburgh. Banks, 1930. Miscellaneous banks' statements, etc. Includes one of The Associated Banks of Pittsburgh, Penn- sylvania, 1930 December 31. 1971 HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 107

The Pittsburgh Dinner Delivery Company. Prospectus, ca. 1903. Single-fold sheet, 9x7 in., with photoprint of delivery wagon; issued by The Pittsburg Securities and Guarantee Co. The company delivered hot ready-to-serve meals in wooden buckets insulated withan aluminum liner. Dinners ranged inprice from 40 to 55 cents each. Pittsburgh. Railroad, 1838 AMemorial. [1838]. Broadside, 12x8 in., inscribed on reverse. Authorized by a Convention of Delegates from the Western counties of Pennsyl- vania, held in the city of Pittsburgh ... on the subject of a con- tinuous Rail Road from Philadelphia to Cleveland. From Harper family papers. Pittsburgh Sanitary Fair, 1864. List of honorary members and executive committee. Broadside, 11x8.5 in., including symbolic device engraved by Krebs & Bro., Pittsburgh. 1953 Gift of anonymous Sewickley donor. Pittsburgh Subsistence Committee, 1861-1866. Memorial tablets erected in Old City Hall. Photoprints, including one of the interior of the Hall, in Statement of the Diamond National Bank, 1917. Pittsburgh. Theaters. Collection of handbills, ca. 1840's-1860's. Approximately 150 advertisements for theatrical perfor- mances and a few concerts, probably all Pittsburgh, and some identified as such. 1934 Gift of W. S. Soloman, Ace. No. 259. Pittsburgh Water Cure. Frease &Hurford Proprs. Broadside, 10 x 16 in., with view of the establishment at Haysville Station on obverse. Reverse contains description of facilities, testimonials, etc., dated 1860. 1969 Gift of Miss Katherine E. Smith. Redick, Margaret (Mrs. David). Obituary. New-Lisbon, 1812. Framed and glazed notice, 13 x 7.5 in. 1954 Gift of Mrs. Frank Semple. 108 HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOTES AND DOCUMENTS JANUARY

Revolutionary War. General Peace. New-York, March 25, 1783. Late last Night, an Express fromNew-Jersey, brought the following Account ... Facsimile, broadside, 16.5 x 11 in. From Scully Collection. Semple Mansion, Atwood Street, Oakland. The Semple Mansion InOakland, Adjoining the Car Station, ... willbe sold for $1,000 To the Purchaser of a Lot in this Plan. ... Seivert &Straub, Real Estate Agents, Allegheny. Broadside advertisements, 19 x 12 in., with plan of subdivi- sion from Forbes to Bates Sts. between Atwood, Meyran, and Ward Sts. 1943 From Semple Collection.

Sewickley [Pa.] Roll of Honor, 1917-1918. [Collection of 6 broadsides]. Some titled Sewickley Flag Defenders, some in color, dated 1917 July 21, Sep. 25, Dec. 24; 1918 Jan. 1, July 1. Also The Sewickley Valley Honor Roll, 33x23 in., n.d.; Liberty Day poster, in color, 28 x21 in. 1964 From Hays Coll. Adds. Sheep raising, Washington County, 1864. Cashmere Goats, Atwood or Infantado Spanish Sheep, Testel Sheep [offered by] Jas. R. McNall, North Star, Washington County. May 1864. Broadside, 11x7.5 in., printed by McMillin,Pittsburgh. Includes testimonials from exhibitions and fairs, 1855. Silhouettes. Advertisement, 1931 reprint of William H. Brown, Gallery of Distinguished American Citizens, 1846. Single-fold, 12 x9 in. sheet, with reduced illustrations of 27 plates, including Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Buchanan, Webster, Clay, Calhoun, Marshall, Randolph, &c. Spanish-American War. Menu in Aidof the Red Cross, 1898 Aug. 26. Advertisement, 7.5 x 5.5 in.;clipping from unidentified Pitts- burgh newspaper of Joseph Home &Co., with names of popular heroes added to each item. A Regiment with a History! 17th U.S. History . .. Men 1971 HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOTES AND DOCUMENTS 109

Wanted for Immediate Service ... Apply at U.S. Recruiting Station, 951 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh. Broadside, 38 x25 in. The Twentieth Century Club. Pittsburgh Calendar, 1918-1919. 10x7 in. cards, with sketches of contributors to the Programme. Uniontown, Pa. Proclamation By the Burgess of the Borough of Uniontown A Reward of Ten Dollars ... 1833 Broadside,— 12x8 in., noted on reverse as relating to "The Fayette Co. Judge [Thomas H.] Baird &Bar Controversy." United States. Centennial, 1875. Ye Centennial Tea Cup. Folding advertisement, 4 pp., 12.5 x 10 in., including plans for Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, 1875. Officers for Pitts- burgh District, etc., on p. 4. Also variant issue as Ye Centennial Tea Partye Bugle. From Scully Coll. The University Extension Society of Pittsburgh. Announcement of Lecture Courses ... Seventeenth Season 1911-1912. Pamphlet, 6.5 x 5 in., 12 pp. Includes lectures on Sociology by Edward A. Ross and Graham Taylor, on literature by John Cowper Powys. etc. Water Cure P. O., Beaver County, Pa. The Phillipsburg Water Cure, 1859. Single-fold advertisement, containing illustration of the establishment conducted by Dr. C. Baelz ;with his A.L.S. 1959 May 21 to George Hogg. World War I. Come One Come AllA Patriotic Meeting Will be held at Bertha Mines this Sunday Afternoon, Sept. 1st 1918 at Three O'Clock Train leaves Pittsburgh 12:50 P. M. Addresses willbe made by Mr. Wm. H.Stevenson and others ... Broadside, 14 x 7.5 in.