. Book of the Royal blue . WHARF. NEAR SMITHFIELD STREET THE RISE OF AN INDUSTRIAL PITTSBDRGS FIRST WHOLESALE HOUSE. ERECTED IN ISIO. note the existence of several importantmercantile firms doing business in the city,among whom were Craig, Bayard & Co.,Daniel Britt & Co., Samuel Calhoun, Wilson& Wallace, John McDonald, William Hawt-ing, William Fulton & Co., and Gibson. Most of the stores adver-tised that their goods were exchangeablefor cash, flour, whiskey, beef, pork, bacon,wheat, rve, oats, corn, candlewick, tallow,etc. The year 1787 found several new con-cerns added to t
. Book of the Royal blue . WHARF. NEAR SMITHFIELD STREET THE RISE OF AN INDUSTRIAL PITTSBDRGS FIRST WHOLESALE HOUSE. ERECTED IN ISIO. note the existence of several importantmercantile firms doing business in the city,among whom were Craig, Bayard & Co.,Daniel Britt & Co., Samuel Calhoun, Wilson& Wallace, John McDonald, William Hawt-ing, William Fulton & Co., and Gibson. Most of the stores adver-tised that their goods were exchangeablefor cash, flour, whiskey, beef, pork, bacon,wheat, rve, oats, corn, candlewick, tallow,etc. The year 1787 found several new con-cerns added to the list of the year previous,among them being general stores by JohnWilkins & Co., David Kennedy, and Johnand William Irwin. The Gazette advertisedthat it kept for sale State laws, the Historyof the Revolution, the New Testament,Dilworths Spelling Book, sealing wax,wafers, etc. In the year 1787 there was something ofa depression in the business circles ofPittsburg, lack of ready cash being espe-cially noticeable, but in the year 1788 acomplete revival was experienced
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