Papers 1789-1953.

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Papers 1789-1953.

Papers include personal papers, photographs, genealogical research notes, newsclippings, correspondence, published materials and original manuscript material from the Scully and related families. In addition to extensive genealogical materials gathered for the Scully, O'Hara and other related families, the papers document her social and benevolent work in Pittsburgh.

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Cadwalader Family.

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Pittsburgh Anti-Suffrage Organization.

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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...

Langdon, Russell C., General, 1872-1970.

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Scully Family.

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Townsend, Robert B., 1790-1867.

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American Red Cross

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On December 2, 1905, Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen brought together a group of Brooklyn residents at the Barnard Club House on Remsen Street to form New York City's first borough-based Red Cross organization. With an initial membership roster of 300, the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross embarked on its first major campaign to aid victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, collecting over $100,000 and thousands of articles of clothing to contribute to the relief effort. From this point on, th...

Calvary Episcopal Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

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The Calvary Episcopal Parish was organized in 1855. It was incorporated and a charter was granted in 1859. The first building housing the church was a brick structure used jointly by St. Peter's German Lutheran Church and St. John's Evangelical Protestant Church a short distance north of Penn Avenue, between what is now Sheridan and Collins Avenues. In 1904, a lot at Walnut and Shady was purchased from George Washington Hailman and a year later in 1905, Messrs. Cram, Godhue and Ferguson of Bosto...

Schenley, Mary Croghan, 1827-1903.

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Brereton Family.

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Scully, Margaret Townsend, 1881-1953.

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Margaret Townsend Scully was a published poet, local historian and active participant in many civic, cultural, and social organization in Pittsburgh. A member of prominent early Pittsburgh families, Scully compiled genealogical research and manuscripts on these families. From the description of Papers 1789-1953. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 32417273 ...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Townsend Family.

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St. Andrews Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

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Denny Family.

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O'Hara Family.

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Croghan Family.

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Scully, Denis Sullivan, 1782-1853.

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Childers Family.

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