. Life and reminiscences from birth to manhood of Wm. G. Johnston . CONTENTS CHAPTER I.—Ancestry 11.— Paternal Ancestors through ThreeGenerations—My Great-Grandfather,Grandfather, and Father ... 4 III.—Some Early Pittsburgh History . 21 IV.—Birth, Childhood, and Early Recollec-tions 36 V.—Glances at Men and Things of 1828— Pictures of Pittsburgh at that Period 52 VI.—Schoolboy Days 85 VII.—A Long Holiday—Sports of Boyhood . 103 VIII.—A Schoolboy once more .... 126 IX.—Sunday-School and Church Connections. 157 X.—The Great Fire of 1845—End of SchoolDays — Playing at Business — Men ofNote 179 VI
. Life and reminiscences from birth to manhood of Wm. G. Johnston . CONTENTS CHAPTER I.—Ancestry 11.— Paternal Ancestors through ThreeGenerations—My Great-Grandfather,Grandfather, and Father ... 4 III.—Some Early Pittsburgh History . 21 IV.—Birth, Childhood, and Early Recollec-tions 36 V.—Glances at Men and Things of 1828— Pictures of Pittsburgh at that Period 52 VI.—Schoolboy Days 85 VII.—A Long Holiday—Sports of Boyhood . 103 VIII.—A Schoolboy once more .... 126 IX.—Sunday-School and Church Connections. 157 X.—The Great Fire of 1845—End of SchoolDays — Playing at Business — Men ofNote 179 VIU CHAPTER Contents XI.—Enrolled a Fireman—Member op a Lit-erary Society—Enlist for the MexicanWar 209 XII.—Political Matters 222 XIII.—The Heyday op Lipe—Young Men andMaidens — Suburbs op Pittsburgh — ABreak in my Life—Farewell to Youth 277.
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