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A colony sprung from hell : Pittsburgh and the struggle for authority on the western Pennsylvania frontier, 1744-1794 / Daniel P. Barr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barr, Daniel P., 1971-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Jurisdiction.
- History.
- Pennsylvania--History--18th century.
- Pennsylvania.
- Monongahela River Valley (W. Va. and Pa.)--History--18th century.
- Monongahela River Valley (W. Va. and Pa.).
- Pittsburgh Region (Pa.)--History--18th century.
- Pittsburgh Region (Pa.).
- Jurisdiction--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh Region--History--18th century.
- Jurisdiction--Pennsylvania--History--18th century.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh Region.
- Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- Pennsylvania--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
- Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh Region.
- Physical Description:
- 334 pages ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Pittsburgh and the struggle for authority on the western Pennsylvania frontier, 1744-1794
- Place of Publication:
- Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, 2014.
- Contents:
- Prologue: the most unaccountable country and inhabitants in the world
- Part I. Competition
- Provinces will be jealous of one another
- Great application, many arguments, and much difficulty
- Never come to peace again
- Part II. Regulation
- Quiet and peaceable possession?
- Shadows of law and justice
- A spirit of hostility
- Part III. Revolution
- A party spirit prevails
- This country is strangely infatuated
- Mutual distrust and jealousy
- Epilogue: the ends of the American earth.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1606351907
- 9781606351901
- OCLC:
- 862575348
- Publisher Number:
- 99959509454
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