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Daily stories of Pennsylvania

Frederic Antes Godcharles · History_-_American · 72 章

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DAILY STORIES OF PENNSYLVANIA PRINCIPAL SOURCES UTILIZED INTRODUCTION CONTENTS Bishop Cammerhoff Started Journey Among Indians on January 6, 1748 Pious Henry Antes Organized First Moravian Synod January 12, 1742 Long Reign of Terror by Mollie Maguires Brought to End January 18, 1876 Captain Thomas McKee, Indian Trader, Makes Deposition Before Governor January 24, 1743 Robert Morris, Financier of the Revolution, Born January 31, 1734 Ole Bull, Founder of Colony in Potter First Anthracite Coal Burned in Grate by Captain William Trent Leads First English Armed Force to Forks of Ohio, February 17, 1754 General Jacob Brown, Hero of War of 1812, Died February 24, 1828; Native of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania on Paper Money Basis When Bills of Credit Are Issued March 2, 1722–23 County of Bedford Formed from a Part of Cumberland, March 9, 1771 David Wilmot, Author of Proviso, Died at Towanda, March 16, 1868 Peter Pence, Indian Fighter, Captured Colonel Clapham Commissioned to Build Mary Jemison, White Woman of Genesee, Captured April 5, 1758 General Abner Lacock, United States Senator and Distinguished Citizen, Died in Beaver County, April 12, 1837 Training of Troops Began at Camp Curtin, April 19, 1861 Indians Captured James McKnight, Assemblyman, April 26, 1779 Evangelist Whitefield Bought Site for Negro School at Nazareth May 3, 1740 Long Standing Boundary Line Dispute Between Maryland and Pennsylvania Proprietaries Signed May 10, 1732 Indian War Known as Pontiac Conspiracy Opened May 17, 1763 Peaceful Family of Chief Logan Slain by Whites, May 24, 1774 Thousands of Lives Lost in Johnstown Flood, May 31, 1889 Colonel William Clapham Began Erection of Fort Halifax, June 7, 1756 French Plant Leaden Plates to Prove Possession on June 15, 1749 Revolutionary Forces Threaten Executive Council June 21, 1783 British Flag Captured by Pennsylvanians in Battle of Monmouth June 28, 1778 Massacre at Wyoming Followed by “The Great Runaway” on July 5, 1778 Riots in Philadelphia Caused by Boy Assaulting Master, July 12, 1835 Tom Quick, the Indian Killer and Picturesque Character, Born July 19, 1734 Indians Massacre Inhabitants in the Conococheague Valley on July 26, 1756 Colonel Lochry Musters Westmoreland County Troops August 2, 1781 General John Bull, Distinguished Officer of Revolutionary War, Died August 9, 1824 Great Land Purchase Made at Indian Council in Philadelphia, August 16, 1749 Alexander Wilson, the Great American Ornithologist, Died at Philadelphia, August 23, 1813 Etymology of Pennsylvania Counties Erected Since Penn Set Sail August 30, 1682 Fort Montgomery Withstands Attack of British and Indians, September 6, 1780 Mob Storms Mifflin County Courthouse September 12, 1791 Labor Riots Follow Civil War; Jay Cooke Company Failed September 18, 1873 Two Brothers of Doan Family of Outlaw Sons Hanged September 24, 1788 Washington Started March Through Pennsylvania During Whisky Rebellion, September 30, 1794 First German Immigrants Settle Germantown October 6, 1683 Molly Pitcher, Heroine of the Battle of Monmouth, Born October 13, 1754 General Edward Hand Starts on Expedition from Fort Pitt to Wheeling, October 19,1777 John Harris, Who Laid Out Harrisburg, Had Narrow Escape, October 25, 1755 Indian Ravages at McDowell’s Mill, Franklin County, October 31, 1755 Philadelphia Merchants Rebel Against Stamp Act in Great Meeting, November 7, 1765 Council of Censors First Met Under Constitution of 1776, November 13, 1783 President Lincoln Delivered Address at Dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, November 19, 1863 General Forbes Invested Fort Duquesne and Named It Pittsburgh, November 25, 1758 Morgan Powell Cruelly Murdered by Mollie Maguires, December 2, 1871 Washington’s Headquarters in Several Bucks County Mansions Began December John Binns and Samuel Stewart Fight Last Duel in Pennsylvania December 14, 1805 Storm Stops French Refugees in Settlement Work December 20, 1793 Pennsylvania Militia in Battle of Trenton, December 26, 1776 First Bank in America Chartered in Philadelphia, December 31, 1781 INDEX Chapter 62 Chapter 63 Chapter 64 Chapter 65 Chapter 66 Chapter 67 Chapter 68 Chapter 69 Chapter 70 Chapter 71 THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE