The Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine INDEX Volume 47 1964 Published quarterly by THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA 4338 Bigelow Boulevard, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania A The American Party (1855) selects Simon Abolition, not popular in Pa. (1860), 332 Cameron as U. S. senator, 329 (1840), Pgh., American Philosophical Society, Neville Adams, John Q. at 292 Craig a member, 50 Additions to Collections, HSWP, 368-379 American State Papers, thirty-eight volumes (Library, 368-375, Genealogy, 376, Archives (1789-1838), 27 and Museum, 376-379 ;seventy donors and Amherst, Gen. Jeffery (1759), 195 hundreds of items not indexed ;much valu- Amish Society, by John A. Hostetler (Balti- able historical correspondence) more, Md., 1963), rev., 159-160 Aimes, Aaron, glass materials (1800), 318 Ammon, Edith Darlington, 19 Albemarle, Confederate ship (1864), 84 Anderson, Jane, letter (1852), 298 Alberts, Robert C, "The Expedition of Cap- Anderson, Niles, "The General Chooses a tain Robert Stobo/' 177-197 Road," cited, 55n Albright, Rebecca Gifford, "The Civil War Andersonville, prison (1864), 83, 85 Career of Andrew Gregg Curtin, Governor Andreas History of Nebraska, 247 of Pennsylvania," 323-341 Andrews, J. Cutler, elected president of Aldrich, Capt. C. S., 85th N. J., U. S. Inf. Pennsylvania Historical Association; au- (1864), 235, 342 thor, 77 Allanawissica (Winthesica), son of Corn- Anshutz, George, famous Pgh. ironpromoter, stalk, Indian chief (1775), 145, 152n 254» Allegheny City (1873), part of larger busi- Antietam, Battle of (September, 1862), 335 ness community, 289; population (1880), Apple Tree (Big), Mingo chief (1775) , 33, 293 40, 42n Allegheny County, Pa., warrantee atlas, 62; Apples, shipped on steamer (1884), 315 (1788/.), included much of N. W. Pa., 251 Archaeologists at Work, booklet by W. Fred Allegheny Democrat (1824-1826), 22 Kinsey, III,167 Allen, William, Cumberland Valley member Architecture, Louisville urban (1838), 268 of Pa. General Assembly (1764), 128; Armstrong, Col. John (1758), 59 Chief Justice of Pa. (1765), 134 "Armstrong's Camp," variable name for the Allen and Grant, Pgh. firm, cotton bales "Four Redoubts," 59, 59n (1825), 295 Arrott, James W., partner of Francis Tor- Allison, Dave, 221 rance 11873), 75n Alpha, canal boat on Beaver River Canal Asiatic cholera, late disease, 200; spread by (1834), 312 contact with fecal matter or by means of Amberson, William, early Pgh. promoter, contaminated water, 201 ;reaches America 254n (1832), 202; in the United States (1849- Amelia, ship, cholera on board (1832), near 1855), (1865-1867), 210 Charleston (Va.), 205 "Asiatic Cholera, The Impact of, on Pitts- Amelung, Frederick M. (son of John M.), burgh, Wheeling and Charleston," by John livedin Pgh. (1805), 318 Duffy, 199-211 Amelung, John Frederick, glassmaker, 318 Associations, in industrial organization, 5, America, as an island (Indian conception), 6, 7, 17 33,33. 43n Atlases, with maps of the "New World" in American Families of Historic Lineage, Vol. Darlington collection, 19; of Pittsburgh, IV (Croghan family), 366 22; of Pa., 24 American Heritage, Stobo article by Alberts Aul, George, farmer, 217 (1961), 178, 178n Aul,Louisa, 217 American House, hotel, Brookville (1869), Aul, Sam, Indiana County farmer (1880), 121 216 B of a City (1957), 293, 295, 296, 299, 304, Bailey, Brown and Company, ironmasters, 308, 313 Pgh. (1850), 10, 13, 16 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, buys (<\1850) Baird, Thomas, Pgh. merchant, Democratic British railway iron, 3; pays $30,000 to Republican (c.1797), 253 Mrs. Schenley (1883), 172 Bakeoven, George, Phila., flintglass, 317 Bank of Pennsylvania, Pgh. (1805), James Bakewell, Benjamin, glass producer, 317 O'Hara, president, 255 Bald Eagle Valley Railroad, an interest of Bank of Steubenville (c.1825), 302 Andrew G. Curtin, 328 Banking, United States Bank (1838) specie Baldwin,Henry, vice president of promotion- payment resumption, 269; (1868), Peoples al economic association (c.1820), 303 Savings Bank, Thomas Mellon, president, Baldwin, Leland D., Pittsburgh, the Story 305 3 Banks, in early Pgh.: the Pittsburgh Bank Biographies, collective, of prominent Pitts- (1804) (branch of Bank of Pennsylvania), burghers in G. T. Fleming, History of Bank of Pittsburgh (1810), Farmers' and Pittsburgh and Environs; F. C. Harper, Mechanics' Bank (1814), branch of the Pittsburgh of Today; A. M. Nevin, The Bank of the United States (1817), 301 Social Mirror; P. F. Smith, Notable Men Barker, Joseph, Pgh. demagogue, elected of Pittsburgh and Vicinity, 20 mayor (1850), 4, 12, 14, 16 Bissell, F. S., ironmaster (1869), 123 Barr, Widow, Cumberland Valley settler Bissell & Co., F. S. Bissell sole proprietor (1765), 132 (1869), 123 Barr, Rev. Samuel, client of Murphy's Inn Black, Pgh. lawyer inriot case (1850), 15 (c.1797), 252 "Black Boys," insurrectionists (1765), 125; Barrett (Borrett), William, merchant, Pgh. self-styled "Loyal Volunteers," 133; not (c.1800), 253n political, 138 C. W. Batchelor, ship, steamer (1882), 300», Black Snake, Seneca chief, 40, 45» 309 Black Watch, 42nd Highland Regt. at Fort Bates, Tarleton, 254n Loudon, 130, 135 Bayard, Stephen, "Elizabethtown," boat Black Wolf, Mingo Indian chief (1775), 33, builder, 112 43n Baynton, John, Phila. merchant (1765), 131 Blackburn, Mrs. Hiram, sister of Isaiah Baynton, Wharton and Morgan, Phila. firm, Conley, 249 Indian trade (1765), 129, 135; illicitIn- Blaine, Margaret (d. 1869), unmarried sister dian trade (1765), 138, 139 of James G. Blaine, 120, 120» Beaujolais, Comte de, House of Orleans, Blair, J(ohn), negotiates for Josiah Johnston visits Pgh., 50 place (1869), 122 Beaver, river, crossed by Indian path, 31 Blake, Peter, God's Own Junkyard: The Beaver, steamboat, Pgh.— Beaver run (1834), Planned Deterioration of America's Land- 312 scape (N.J., 1964), rev., 280-281 Beaver Academy, land sale advertised Blakeley, Ben and Mrs. Charles, donate log (1832), 296 cabin to "Locust Grove" (Ky.), 261 Beaver Argus (1831), 296 Blanchard, John, Bellefonte, law partner of Bedford County, Pa. (1830), 81 Andrew G. Curtin, 327 Bedford Gazette (Jan. 29, 1904), obituary of Bleriot, Luis, first flight over the English Hon. Isaiah Conley, facsimile page opp., Channel, July 25, 1909, 365 249 Block House, Schenley property, sought by Beelen de Berthoff, Baron de, Belgian diplo- HSWP, 73 mat, settled in U. S., 254n Bloodhounds, used to pursue escaped prison- Beelen, Anthony, son of Baron de Beelen de ers (1864), 90 Berthoff, married Betsey Murphy, iron Blue Ridge, S. C. mountains, difficultpasses, foundry activity, 254, 254n 225 Beelen, Anthony, and Philip Gilland, trustees Board of Health, Pgh. (1832), 203 forR. C Congregation of Pgh. (1811), 255 Board of Trade (Br.)(Br.),;125; plan for Indian Beelen, Elizabeth Antoinette, left an estate, affairs (1764), 138 257 Boards of health, established (1833/.), 210 Belfour, Stanton, interest in Capt. Stobo, 178 Boats, in river trade (1805), 294; (1820/.) Bell family (1880), Harry, Luis and Frank, keelboats (20-30 tons), flatboats, steam- 221 boats (c.100 tons), 310; Pgh. statistics Bellefonte, birthplace of Andrew Gregg Cur- (1881), 315; on the Ohio (1880-1885) tin.tin, 327 (twenty-eight named), 316 Berenson, Bernard, connoisseur of art, 109 Boonslick, steamer (1833) on New Orleans Berlin Foundry, of WilliamPrice, 318 run, 312 Bevan, R., Pgh. merchant (1825), advertises Booth, Edwin, played Shakespeare in Pgh., powder and "Mohogony," 295 293 Bevard (Beveard), James, Indian trader Bothwell, Margaret Pearson, ed., "Samuel (1775), 34, 44n; letter of (extract), 151 Pollock Large's Diary of 1869," 111-123; Big Apple Tree, Indian chief (1775), 144 correction of earlier misstatement, 366-367 Big Kettle, Mingo chief, 38, 45n Bouquet, Col. Henry, Ohio expedition Big Knife, Indian name for Virginia and for (1764), 31; in1765, 131 a Virginian, 33, 37, 39, 146 Bouquet's Camp (1758), 55 BigLick, Ohio, later Mount Vernon, 32, 38, Bowers, Mrs. Sarah, sister of Isaiah Conley, 41n, 141 249 BigLick Mingoes (1775), 36 Bowman, Dr. John Gabbert, sets up depart- Big YellowCreek, salt works (1817), 295 ment of fine arts (1928), 107 Biggs, Ferguson (d. 1869), 115 Boyd, Rev., from Ohio (1809), 117 Bigham, Hon. T. J., HSWP committeeman, Boyle, Philip, Pa. trader and soldier, 33, 43n 73 t 74 Brackenridge, Henry Marie, his papers (196 Bigot, Intendant, 191 items) in Darlington Memorial Library, 4 22; Recollections cited, 253, 290, 290n, 321 Brisbin, James, Centre County, Pa., news- Brackenridge, Hugh Henry, paper owner (1860), supports Covode, 330 Modern Chival- manuscript Memoirs ry (1793), 22; letters to Addison, 22n British Museum, of of "Hugh Henry Brackenridge and the Order Major Robert Stobo, 177 of the Cincinnati," by E. Van Dome- Broad River, S. C. (1864), 98 John Brookville (1869), 121 len, 47-53 County, Pa., visits Darlington Brown, Frank, Indiana Braddock, Gen. Edward, biog. in Kansas (1880), 216, 219 Memorial Library, 20; defeat causes Brown, James, "Black Boy" wounded (1765), frontier retreat, 128; military chest and 132 papers captured (1755), 186-187 Brown, S. M., life insurance agent (1869), Bratt, James, Pgh. strike (1850), 15; guilty, 116 16 Brown, Will (1880), 218, 220 A Brethren Bibliography, 1713-1963. Two Buchanan, President James, 324 Hundred Fifty Years of Brethren Liter- "Buffaloes," Confederate deserters (1864), ature, by Donald F. Durnbaugh and 85 Lawrence W. Shultz, in current issue of Burgesses, House of, of Va. (1759), 195 Brethren Life and Thought (Elgin, 111., Burke, Aedanus, S. C. judge, pamphlet 1964),