Pittsburgh Gazette Abstracts: 1817-1820, Vol V - Duer

PITTSBURGH GAZETTE ABSTRACTS: THE PEOPLE AND TIMES OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, VOLUME V, 1817-1820. 1995 Compiled by Clara E. Duer, published by Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society. The Pittsburgh Gazette was the first newspaper west of the Allegheny Mountains. This fifth in a series of five volumes contains full and partial abstracts from the newspaper of marriages, divorces, deaths, runaways, business advertisements, partnerships, elections and voting sites, ownership and sale of unseated lands, animals lost and found, German redemptioners remaining at Philadelphia, new modes and costs of public transportation, famous visitors to the city, and more. These abstracts provide an historical insight to the times and enable researchers to compile more than a mere statistical record of their ancestors. Indexed. 460 pages, 8 1/2 x 11 softbound