Pittsburgh Gazette Abstracts: 1812-1816, Vol IV- Duer

PITTSBURGH GAZETTE ABSTRACTS: VOLUME IV: 1812-1816. 1991, 2008 Compiled by Clara E. Duer, published by Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society. The Pittsburgh Gazette was the first newspaper west of the Allegheny Mountains. This fourth in a series of five volumes contains full and partial abstracts from the newspaper of marriages, divorces, deaths, runaway slaves and apprentices, court cases, land sales, army recruiting data, deserters, lost or strayed animals, mail stage schedules, new town settlements, battle news of War of 1812, steamship travel, turnpike construction, bridge building, etc. These abstracts provide an historical insight to the times and enable researchers to compile more than a mere statistical record of their ancestors. Indexed. 497 pages, 8 1/2 x 11 softbound