Margaret Pearson Bothwell collection 1779-1925 1779-1781, 1925.

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Margaret Pearson Bothwell collection 1779-1925 1779-1781, 1925.

Collection includes photostatic copies and transcripts of materials related to Fort Pitt and early Pittsburgh. Collection also contains photogrphs of "Hoover Farm", a hunting camp.

.05 linear ft.

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Brodhead, Daniel, 1736-1809

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Born in 1736 in Marblehead, New York, Daniel Brodhead served as a colonel in the Revolutionary War, commanding the Western Department from his headquarters at Fort Pitt from 1779 to 1781. In the years preceding the outbreak of war, Brodhead operated a gristmill and worked as a deputy-surveyor for the colony of Pennsylvania. Disturbed by the passage of the Coercive Acts in 1774, Brodhead represented Berks County at a protest congress held in Philadelphia. In 1776, he was commissioned as an office...

Smallman, Thomas

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Duncan, David K.

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Member of the firm of Duncan and Wilson, Pittsburgh. They were engaged extensively in trade and their operations extended to Detroit, Vincennes and other places. In 1787 Duncan was engaged in supplying all the U.S. posts. His will, drawn Dec. 20, 1791, in Pittsburgh, mentions his Widow, Margaret, two sons, Samuel and David, and three daughters. It disposed of his Pittsburgh residence and a plantation "on the hill," apparently in that vicinity. (blue index cards) From the description ...

Ward, Edward Peter.

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Bothwell, Margaret Pearson.

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Margaret Pearson Bothwell was the author of Reclaim your Birthright, printed in 1939. From the description of Margaret Pearson Bothwell collection 1779-1925 1779-1781, 1925. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 47291550 ...