Clugston famiy papers 1834-1973 [manuscript]

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Clugston famiy papers 1834-1973 [manuscript]

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The Clugston Family Papers include personal and business correspondence, diaries, surveys, and invitations. The bulk of materials are correspondence letters between family members concerning daily activities of family and friends. Most notable to the collection is the correspondence between Robert Clugston and the Mellon family. Correspondence includes a letter from Judge Thomas Mellon, dated January 22, 1862, and letters from T.A and J.R. Mellon. The letters from the Mellon Brothers, written throughout 1872, ask Clugston to survey land in the Pittsburgh area. Surveys are contained within the collection, however, the location of the surveys is not given.

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Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives

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Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives

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Clugston family

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The Clugston family settled in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania. Robert Clugston (1832-1873) was the son of William and Mary Clugston. In the 1860s he became the first Allegheny County County Surveyor and County Engineer. Robert married Sarah Jane McWilliams in 1857 and had four children; Robert McCully (1871-?), William A., Sarah Agnes, and Mary Margaret (1869-1967). Robert McCully Clugston was a civil engineer and accounting executive for the Westinghouse Air Brake Company. William A. Clugston was a...

Mellon, James Ross, 1846-1934.

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Mellon, Thomas, 1813-1908

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Thomas Mellon, founder of Mellon Bank and patriarch of the Mellon family, was a noted nineteenth century lawyer, judge, banker, and entrepreneur. As a young child, Mellon emigrated from Ireland with his parents, settling on a farm in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. After graduating from Western University of Pennsylvania (later known as the University of Pittsburgh), Mellon obtained a position as clerk for the Allegheny County prothonotary. In 1839, he opened his own legal practice, working f...

Mellon, T.A.

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Charles Mellon was a native of Pennsylvania who joined the army in 1814. He reached the rank of Captain in 1828. He was sent to Florida during the Second Seminole Was in 1835 and was killed at the Battle of Lake Monroe in 1837. From the description of T.A. Mellon papers 1937. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 48511291 ...