RARE 1870 WASHINGTON CANONSBURG CALIFORNIA Pennsylvania PA 1ST Edition

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A scarce antiquarian first edition, this is: HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY from its first settlement to the present time : first under Virginia as Yohogania, Ohio, or Augusta County until 1781, and subsequently under Pennsylvania : with sketches of all the townships, boroughs, and villages, etc. : and to which is added a full account of the celebrated Mason and Dixon's Line, the Whiskey Insurrection, Indian warfare, traditional and local historical eventsBy Alfred Creigh Self-published. [1870] 1st Ed.6" by 9 1/4" hardcover (original cloth). 386 pages plus 121-page appendix.CONTENTS: CHAPTER I.WASHINGTON COUNTY--ITS PRIMITIVE HISTORY UNDER VIRGINIA. Spottsylvania County; its boundaries-- Orange County -- Frederick County; its boundaries--Augusta County; its boundaries-- District of West Augusta --Justices' Courts --Oath of allegiance--Oath of supremacy-- The test oath--Oath of abjuration-- Youghiogheny County; its boundaries, courts, and court-houses, and punishments-- Pillory and stocks described-- Whipping-post and ducking-stool -- Ohio County; its boundaries and court-house-- Monongalia County --Courts and roads--Orphan children-- Taverns--Continental money-- Ferries -- Attorneys-at-law -- Sheriffs and deputy-sheriffs-- Surveyors-- Military officers-- Grist-mills -- Salts--Cotton, and wool cards-- Counterfeit money --Allegiance--Naturalization--Passports--Benevolence of Youghiogheny County-- Marriage extraordinary--Reflections CHAPTER II. A GENERAL OUTLINE HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA. History of Pennsylvania, from the date of its charter to the present time, embracing a list of all the Indian titles to lands-- Historical and statistical facts--The date of the formation of each county of the State, with the number of acres and population in each, and a list of the Governors from the accession of William Penn, its proprietor, in 1681 to 1870 CHAPTER III. ORIGINAL ACT ESTABLISHING WASHINGTON COUNTY. Divisions by the formation of townships--Its original and present townships and boroughs --Its present boundaries with topographical and geographical description and its streams--Its early religious element and the religious agreement of 1782 -- Marriage custom and ceremony -- School-houses Note: Boroughs at the time this work was written: Washington; Cannonsburg (Canonsburg); West Middletown; Claysville; Greenfield; Monongahela City; Millsborough (Millsboro); West Brownsville; Beallsville; California; Bentleysville CHAPTER IV. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. A brief history of the Provincial Conference --The Constitution of 1776; the Council of Censors; the Convention of 1789; the Constitution of 1790; the action of the Legislature of 1825; with regard to a convention, and the vote of the people; the Convention of 1837; the Constitution of 1838, and the full proceedings of the Supreme Executive, from 1781 to 1791, which relates to Washington County CHAPTER V. TOWNSHIPS AND BOROUGHS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. The history of the Townships and Boroughs in their chronological order, detailing interesting events in each--Also the history of churches and the present state of education in each township and borough CHAPTER VI. ELECTED OFFICERS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY FROM 1790. Members of Congress -- Senators and Representatives --President Judges--Associate Judges and Deputy Attorney-Generals -- Attorneys-at-Law -- Prothonotaries -- Registers -- Recorders -- Clerk of the Courts -- Sheriffs -- Coroners -- Commissioners -- Clerks to Commissioners --Treasurers -- Auditors -- Notary Public -- Directors of the Poor -- Deputy Surveyor-General -- Justices of the Peace CHAPTER VII. MILITARY HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY. Brig.-Gen. Clark's expedition in 1781 -- Col. David Williamson's expedition in 1782 -- Col. William Crawford's expedition in 1782 -- Whiskey Insurrection in 1791-4 -- Outrage on the Chesapeake Frigate, 1807 -- War of 1812 -- Texas Revolution, in 1836 -- Mexican War in 1846 -- Southern Rebellion in 1861 CHAPTER VIII. HISTORY OF ASSOCIATIONS, AND EVENTS WHICH TRANSPIRED IN WASHINGTON COUNTYAPPENDIX. CHAPTER I. THE VIRGINIA AND PENNSYLVANIA CONTROVERSY, FROM 1752 TO 1783. The date of the earliest settlements by Virginians and Pennsylvanians -- The difficulties between the Governors of both States arising from these settlements -- The names of the first settlers -- The various acts of Capt. Connolly as the representative of Virginia in claiming Fort Duquesne (Pittsburg) as within Virginia -- His treason -- Commissioners appointed by both States to run a temporary line until the Revolutionary War would terminate -- The action of both States approving of the same, and the necessity of erecting Washington County CHAPTER II. THE MASON AND DIXON'S LINE. Its full history -- the line run by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon --the claim of Pennsylvania--the claim of Lord Baltimore --the appointment of commissioners --the labors of Mason and Dixon ended in 1767 --new commissioners appointed in 1783 by the States of Virginia and Pennsylvania -- letter from Joseph Reed on the scientific apparatus to be used-- report of the joint commissioners -- report of the Pennsylvania commissioners -- cost of running the line --the western line of Pennsylvania run by commissioners appointed by both States, and the report of the commissioners thereupon -- the origin of the Pan Handle in West Virginia CHAPTER III. INDIAN HISTORY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND VIRGINIA. Names of all the tribes of North America in 1764 -- Those inhabiting Western Pennsylvania and adjoining territory -- Letters on the Indian wrongs from 1765 to 1780 -- Rice's fort -- Letters from Dr. J. C. Hupp on Miller's block-house -- Captivity and escape of Jacob Miller, and the cruel mur- der of five of Miller's friends -- Vance's fort -- Well's fort -- Lindley's fort CHAPTER IV. WHISKEY INSURRECTIONAs a comparison with the list of Boroughs which existed in 1870, following is a list of the Boroughs in Washington County today: Allenport Beallsville Bentleyville Burgettstown California Canonsburg Centerville Charleroi Claysville Coal Center Cokeburg Deemston Donora Dunlevy East Washington Elco Ellsworth Finleyville Green Hills Houston Long Branch Marianna McDonald (partly in Allegheny County) Midway New Eagle North Charleroi Roscoe Speers Stockdale Twilight West Brownsville West MiddletownCONDITION: Cloth has some soiling and fading, fraying at ends of spine. Gilt title faded on spine. Hinges lightly cracked but holding. One front endpaper apparently removed. Soiling on title page. Exterior page edges tanned with age. Interior clean and very good. 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