. Life and reminiscences from birth to manhood of Wm. G. Johnston . esight of those whoparticipated in that struggle. Had it been otherwise, agiant which was soon to arise must have been strangledin its cradle. Progress even yet would have been an ...... infant Mewling and puking in its nurses arms. As we have just been speaking of colonial times, asa matter of interest relating thereto we shall here intro-duce one of the earliest maps of the locality of Pitts-burgh, known to have been made. It is a copy of whatis commonly called the military plan of Pittsburgh,made in 1764 by John Campbell by
. Life and reminiscences from birth to manhood of Wm. G. Johnston . esight of those whoparticipated in that struggle. Had it been otherwise, agiant which was soon to arise must have been strangledin its cradle. Progress even yet would have been an ...... infant Mewling and puking in its nurses arms. As we have just been speaking of colonial times, asa matter of interest relating thereto we shall here intro-duce one of the earliest maps of the locality of Pitts-burgh, known to have been made. It is a copy of whatis commonly called the military plan of Pittsburgh,made in 1764 by John Campbell by order possibly of theCommandant of Fort Pitt. It embraced the four blocksbounded by Water, Ferry, Second, and Market it, long after, some one ignorant of the facts at-tempted to mark the location of the houses of eight earlysettlers, and hence recent writers have been misled. Itwas only possible for two of these to have been builtwhen the plan was made. One, Semples tavern, waserected in the same year, which was also that of Colonel THIRD •STREEIX. FIRST lU 2»TREE-r VZ< r a STR&ET SECOND STREET O z Z a; /^ O r»JOtsJGA, Fi r^ E rc_~ PLAN Of Lots in PITTS BURGH - Col. Johr» Co^mpbdl Earliest Maps of Pittsburgh. 83 To extend the prophetic line of vision of this greatLiberal leader a trifle farther, we may add, that theHouses of Parliament, instead of being upon the banks ofthe Thames, would possibly now be on the shores of ourmore lovely Mouongahela, and nigh the city named forthe Great Commoner. It is better, however, as it is; we are as near to theEnglish people as we ought to be. We want no alliancesother than cordial relations. Oil and water will notunite; to have mingled more closely would have checkedour wonderful growth; and the war of Independencewas needed to develop the grandeur of character, thesteadfastness of purpose, and the foresight of those whoparticipated in that struggle. Had it been otherwise, agiant which was soon to arise mu
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