History of Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Volume 1Lewis Publishing Company, 1907 - Cambria County (Pa.) |
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... Charles M. Schwab : A Steel Master . 18. Powell Stackhouse : President of the Cambria Steel Co. 19. James Moore Swank : An Editor , Statistician and His- torian . CONTENTS CHAPTER I. William Penn seeks to purchase title from.
... Charles M. Schwab : A Steel Master . 18. Powell Stackhouse : President of the Cambria Steel Co. 19. James Moore Swank : An Editor , Statistician and His- torian . CONTENTS CHAPTER I. William Penn seeks to purchase title from.
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... Charles Campbell procures a warrant for the land on the Conemaugh and Stonycreek rivers at Johnstown . CHAPTER II . The Revolutionary War period - Meetings in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia - Companies of Captain Robert Cluggage ...
... Charles Campbell procures a warrant for the land on the Conemaugh and Stonycreek rivers at Johnstown . CHAPTER II . The Revolutionary War period - Meetings in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia - Companies of Captain Robert Cluggage ...
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... CHARLES CAMPBELL PROCURES A WARRANT FOR THE LAND ON THE CONEMAUGH AND STONEY CREEK RIVERS AT JOHNSTOWN . The King of England , Charles II , desiring to perpetuate the memory of his friend , Admiral William Penn , for his vic- tory over ...
... CHARLES CAMPBELL PROCURES A WARRANT FOR THE LAND ON THE CONEMAUGH AND STONEY CREEK RIVERS AT JOHNSTOWN . The King of England , Charles II , desiring to perpetuate the memory of his friend , Admiral William Penn , for his vic- tory over ...
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... Charles II as King of England . Penn strove to use his influence for the persecuted dissenters , which included the Roman Catho- lics , and at first James assented , but political measures demanded the re - enactment of offending ...
... Charles II as King of England . Penn strove to use his influence for the persecuted dissenters , which included the Roman Catho- lics , and at first James assented , but political measures demanded the re - enactment of offending ...
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... Charles Campbell took out a warrant for two hundred and forty - nine acres on the Little Conemaugh and the Stoneycreek rivers , which includes the First , Second , Third , Fourth and parts of the Ninth , Tenth , Eleventh , Twelfth and ...
... Charles Campbell took out a warrant for two hundred and forty - nine acres on the Little Conemaugh and the Stoneycreek rivers , which includes the First , Second , Third , Fourth and parts of the Ninth , Tenth , Eleventh , Twelfth and ...
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Page 1 - ... distance from New Castle, northward and westward unto the beginning of the fortieth degree of northern latitude, and then by a straight line westward to the limits of longitude above mentioned.
Page 290 - Regard to the Memory and Merits of his late Father in divers Services, and particularly to his Conduct, Courage, and Discretion under our dearest Brother JAMES Duke of York, in that signal Battle and Victory fought and obtained against the Dutch Fleet, commanded by the Heer Van Opdam, in the Year 1665...
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Page 8 - And all the lands lying on the West side of the said River to the setting of the Sun, and to extend from the mouth of the said River Northward, up the same to the Hills or mountains...
Page 363 - ... families sitting out in their rude gardens; cows gazing upward with a stupid indifference; men in their shirt-sleeves looking on at their unfinished houses, planning out tomorrow's work; and we riding onward, high above them, like a whirl-wind.
Page 363 - Occasionally the rails are laid upon the extreme verge of a giddy precipice; and looking from the carriage window the traveller gazes sheer down, without a stone or scrap of fence between, into the mountain depths below.
Page 363 - It was very pretty travelling thus, at a rapid pace along the heights of the mountain in a keen wind , to look down into a valley full of light and softness : catching glimpses , through the treetops, of scattered cabins; children running to the doors; dogs bursting...
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