Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903 . thecommodities that could be brought from Great Britain as a paper read by William J. Burke before the PennsylvaniaHistorical Society in January, 1875, he quoted Penn manuscriptsshowing that the Penns were well aware of the existence ofcoal at Pittsburg and its value for fuel, as early as 1769. ThomasPenn, in that year, sent a letter from London to his son, John,directing him to have a survey made of 5,000 acres of landaround Pittsburg, including the site of the town. In May of thesame year he wrote regarding this survey, s
Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903 . thecommodities that could be brought from Great Britain as a paper read by William J. Burke before the PennsylvaniaHistorical Society in January, 1875, he quoted Penn manuscriptsshowing that the Penns were well aware of the existence ofcoal at Pittsburg and its value for fuel, as early as 1769. ThomasPenn, in that year, sent a letter from London to his son, John,directing him to have a survey made of 5,000 acres of landaround Pittsburg, including the site of the town. In May of thesame year he wrote regarding this survey, saying: *T would notengross all the coal hills, but rather leave the greater part toothers who may work them. The oncoming war troubles pre-vented the execution of these plans at that time. In 1784, thePenns still retaining their proprietary interests, which includedthe manor of Pittsburg, surveyed the town into lots and in thesame year the privilege of mining coal in the great seam wassold at the rate of £30 for each mining lot, extending back to the 428. l/^^-^^^-L^^-^l-L^l Editor; banker; contractor; United States Sen-ator, 1845-1849; secretary of war in PresidentLincolns cabinet, 1861-1862; minister to ; United States senator, 1857-1861, and 1867-1877; born 1799; died 1889 Natural Resources center of the hill. (Iron Making and Coal Mining. Swank. pp. III-I2.) From this time forward the demand for the rich coal increasedrapidly for both domestic and mannfacturing purposes. Variousminor industries came into existence \\hich drew upon the supplyto a considerable extent. The first steam engine was put inoperation in Pittsburg in 1794, and salt was produced there byevaporation at a very early day. Coal pits were opened on thePittsburg side of the river at Minersville and elsewhere in 1797,and a giass works was established on the south side of the riverat a point where coal could be had near at hand. The first twenty3^ears of the consumption of coal at this point saw a
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