Pittsburgh leader almanac and compendium of facts . Irish, who livein paltry log houses and are dirty as in thenorth of Ireland, or even in Scotland. Tborf^is a great deal of small trade carried on. Thegoods being bought at the vast expense of fortv-five shillings per cwt. at Baltimore and Phila-delphia. The place, I believe, will never be an extract from the jour-nal of Arthur Lee, is the following, which maybe regarded as the first record of coal miningat this point; The banks on the Monongahelaon the west or opposite side to Pittsburgh, aresteep, close to the water,
Pittsburgh leader almanac and compendium of facts . Irish, who livein paltry log houses and are dirty as in thenorth of Ireland, or even in Scotland. Tborf^is a great deal of small trade carried on. Thegoods being bought at the vast expense of fortv-five shillings per cwt. at Baltimore and Phila-delphia. The place, I believe, will never be an extract from the jour-nal of Arthur Lee, is the following, which maybe regarded as the first record of coal miningat this point; The banks on the Monongahelaon the west or opposite side to Pittsburgh, aresteep, close to the water, and about two hun-dred yards high. About one-third of the wayfrom the top is a vein of coal above one of therocks. The coal is burned in the town and isconsidered good. The property of this and otthe town is in the Penns. They have lotted outthe face of the hill at thirty pounds a lot, to digcoal as far m as the perpendicular fallingfrom the summit of the iiililiiiiiiiiiiii111 till lliilll il ill Pi! Ililllllj ll I il j III 11 iPijiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiPi^^ AND ; UF FACTi. 109 ... HISTOBy OF IZai^OontiuueJ^ .. Street was named after ajeapfain bv that nJiirewho was on duty at, Fort Pitr. July I, to Apillill, 1793, land held by tlio cDuiinjn wealth ofPennsylvania was sold at £10 ;*; per onehundred acres. Land of the purchase of thisyear Iring north and west ot Che rivers Ohioand AUciKheny, and Counw&njfo creek was soldby the oommonwoalth of Pennsylvania tur XT103 (t20) per one hundred acres. 1785. May 1—a-oin this date to March Ist, 1789, landinew puicWase) held by the stale of Pennsylvu-ala, was sold at £30 (J80) per 100 acres. lu this year there were only two log liouses iniVllegheny ULty. 1786. January 80.—Pittsburgh contained tlurty-sixlog houses, one stone and one irame house, andlive small stores. The census gives the popu-lation at 1,205 It IS also stated that in th\s year there were two phj-sicians here; Dr. Bedlbrdwas one. Also,
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