History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution .. . -^^^^71^/7/7^^0^. %aM^tiy(^ /^J/piA^^j^ BIOGRAPHICAL 163 1795 (which put an end to Indian hostilities at the battleof Fallen Timbers and the treaty of Greenville), that itwas said that the army had been saved by the quarter-master-general. He was with the army throughout thecampaign. In May, 1796, his resignation was reluctantlyaccepted by the government. He continued to act asarmy contractor until 1802. In 1797 General OHara, in partnership with Maj. IsaacCraig, erected the first glass w
History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution .. . -^^^^71^/7/7^^0^. %aM^tiy(^ /^J/piA^^j^ BIOGRAPHICAL 163 1795 (which put an end to Indian hostilities at the battleof Fallen Timbers and the treaty of Greenville), that itwas said that the army had been saved by the quarter-master-general. He was with the army throughout thecampaign. In May, 1796, his resignation was reluctantlyaccepted by the government. He continued to act asarmy contractor until 1802. In 1797 General OHara, in partnership with Maj. IsaacCraig, erected the first glass works in Pittsburgh. It wasa stone building on the south side of the Monongahelariver, nearly opposite the Point. Peter William Eich-baum came from Germany to superintend the glass bottles were made. In a note of GeneralCHaras, found among his papers after his death, hesays: To-day we made the first bottle, at a cost ofthirty thousand dollars. Though the transportation wasmost difficult, he made successful arrangements forbringing salt to Pittsburgh from the Onondago worksin New York State, by means of boats
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