A colony sprung from hell [electronic resource] : Pittsburgh and the struggle for authority on the western Pennsylvania frontier, 1744-1794 / Daniel P. Barr.
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TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, 2014. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm)ISBN: - 9781612778280
- 1612778283
- Pennsylvania -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
- Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Pittsburgh Region (Pa.) -- History -- 18th century
- Pennsylvania -- History -- 18th century
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Region
- Jurisdiction -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 18th century
- Jurisdiction -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Region -- History -- 18th century
- 974.8/02 23
- F152 .B38 2014
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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