Papers 1769-1949 1769-1875.

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Papers 1769-1949 1769-1875.

Papers include correspondence, receipts, accounts, and deeds relating to the family's vast land holdings in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Illinois, as well as correspondence, contracts, accounts and agreements pertaining to James O'Hara's activities as Quartermaster General of the United States and industrial leader of Pittsburgh.

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Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839

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Mathew C. Carey (1760-1839) was a publisher, economist, and humanitarian. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, and came to America in 1784, after involvement in Irish revolutionary activity. He took up his trade as a printer, publishing the Pennsylvania Herald and the periodical, The American Museum. His book publishing ventures prospered and his firm was a leader in American printing and publishing in the period 1795-1835. He was an active proponent of the protective tariff, as well as an ardent cha...

Antimasonic Party

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Schenley, Mary Croghan, 1827-1903.

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Craig, Isaac, 1742?-1826

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David Zeisberger served as a Moravian minister. From the guide to the Essay of an Onondaga grammar; or A short introduction to learn the Onondaga al. Maqua tongue / [edited by John W. Jordan], Circa 1887, (American Philosophical Society) Merchant, manufacturer,and army officer. From the description of Isaac Craig Collection [microform], 1791-1801. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 38861822 ...

Denny-O'Hara family.

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The Denny and O'Hara families are two prominent families who migrated to the Pittsburgh region prior to the American Revolution. The two families were united in 1817 by the marriage of Elizabeth Febiger O'Hara and Harmar Denny. From the description of Papers 1769-1949 1769-1875. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 29188742 ...

Denny family.

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Baldwin, Henry, 1780-1844

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Baldwin was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1817-1822), and served as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1830-1844). From the description of Letters to George Duffield and Charles McAllister, 1807, 1826. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234338603 ...

O'Hara family.

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Denny, Elizabeth Febiger O'Hara, 1796-1878.

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Butler, Richard, 1743-1791

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Officer in the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War who later died fighting American Indians in Ohio; co-signer; Continental Congress' envoy to the Western Indians. From the description of Journal of Gen. Richard Butler, 1785-1786. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 166427842 Born in Dublin, Ireland, April 1, 1743, the son of Thomas and Eleanor (Parker) Butler. Family emigrated to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Served in Bouquet expedition and was in Indian trade at Chil...

McKnight, Robert, 1820-1885

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Born on January 27, 1820, the fourth of seven children of William (1775-1848) and Catherine ((McClurg), b. 1791) McKnight, Robert McKnight attended private school in Xenia, Ohio, before attending the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University. Upon his graduation in 1839, McKnight returned to Pittsburgh where he worked in the law offices of Biddle and Bradford. Following his admittance to the bar in 1842, he entered into partnership with Henry S. Magraw and went on to become solicitor for t...

Denny, Ebenezer, 1761-1822

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Denny (March 11, 1761-July 21, 1822) was born in Carlisle (Pa.). He served as an officer in the Indian and Revolutionary wars. In 1793 he retired as a Capt. and married. He was re-instated as Major in 1794 and put in charge of the expedition to Le Boeuf and Presque Isle. In 1816 Denny became the first mayor of Pittsburgh (Pa.). A detailed biography is in his published journal entitled, "Military Journal of Major Ebenezer Denny," a copy of which is available at the Clarke Historical Library. Miff...

Croghan, William, 1795-1850.

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William Croghan, a lawyer and prominent landholder, was the son of Major William Croghan. He married Mary Carson O'Hara of Pittsburgh. He moved to Pittsburgh after having been admitted to the Pennsylvania bar. From the description of William Croghan papers 1813-1847 [mansucript]. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 39397384 ...

Dickinson College

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O'Hara Glass Works (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

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Western Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church

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Brereton, T. J., 1822-1870.

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Schenley, Edward W. H., 1798-1878.

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Cooke, S. S.

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O'Hara, James, 1752-1819

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Born in county Mayo, Ireland, 1752; clerk in a Liverpool counting house, 1770-72; came to Philadelphia, Pa., 1772; Indian trader & general agent, 1772-76; in war, 1776-83; captain; contractor for army provisions, 1783-90 & 1796-1802; quartermaster-general of U.S. Army, 1792-96; interested in real estate near Pittsburgh, Pa.; died there, Dec. 21, 1819. (Lamb's Biogr. Dict. of U.S.) (blue index cards) From the description of James O'Hara commissary accounts, 1797-1798. (Detroit...

Denny, Harmar, 1794-1852

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