Transcriber's notes:

Mayflower, landing of,53

McCallin, William, Mayor,52

McCarthy, William C., Mayor,52

McCarthy, W. L., Mayor,52

McClintock, Jonas R., Mayor,51

McConway, William,95

McCook, Henry C.,118

McCormick, Samuel Black,99

McCrea, James,78

McKenna, Bernard, Mayor,52

McKinley, William,95

McKnight, Charles,118

Mellon, Joseph,118

Mellor, Charles C.,94

Metcalf, William,121

Miller, Henry A.,118

Milton, John,120

Mitchell, P. Chalmers,107

Monongahela River improved,83

Monroe, President, visited Pittsburgh,58

Montcalm, death of,31

Moretti, Eleanor,114

Morgan, Colonel George,38

Morley, John,95

Murray, Magnus M., Mayor,51

Necessity, Fort, built by Washington,21;captured by French,21

Neville, Morgan,120

Nevin, Adelaide M.,116

Nevin, Ethelbert,106

Nevin, Robert P.,113,116

Newspapers, list of,40,113

New York Central Lines,60,81

Niagara, Fort, fall of,31

Nixon Theater,103

Oakland annexed to Pittsburgh,52

O'Hara, James,84

Ohio & Pennsylvania Railroad,49

Ohio Company formed,16

Osgood, Lucius,118

Parke, J. E.,118

Paur, Emil,94

Pearson, A. L.,63

Peebles annexed to Pittsburgh,52

Penn family, purchased Pittsburgh region from Indians,39;their title annulled,39

Pennsylvania, dispute with Virginia settled,40

Pennsylvania and Ohio R. R. Co. incorporated,48

Pennsylvania Canal, proposed,47;construction authorized,47;canal completed,48;termini of,48;portage railroad,48;cost,48;sold to Pennsylvania Railroad Company,48;abandoned,49

Pennsylvania College for Women,102

Pennsylvania Railroad Company,48,49,60,81,85

Pennsylvania, Western University of. See University of Pittsburgh

Pettigrew, Samuel, Mayor,51

Phipps Conservatory,102

Phipps, Henry,85,102,106

Pier, Arthur Stanwood,118

Pinkerton, Robert A.,76

Pitcairn, Robert,94

Pitt annexed to Pittsburgh,52

Pitt, Fort, building of first fort,30;building of second fort,31;abandoned,36;mutiny at,39;General William Irvine put in command,39;first court held,40

Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham,25,29,37

Pittsburgh, site selected for fort,13,14;site claimed by Virginia,14;said to have been named by Washington,14;French attempt to make settlement,16;explored by Louis Celeron,16;Washington's first impressions of,17;first permanent white settlement,20;captured by Contrecœur,20;named Fort Duquesne,20;captured from French by English,29;name changed to Pittsburgh,29;first Fort Pitt built,30;second Fort Pitt built,31;attacked by Indians under Simon Ecuyer,35;land ceded to Colonies by Indians,35;land office opened,35;made county seat,40;first court held,40;ducking-stool erected,40;size of in 1786,40;mail route to Philadelphia established,40;new fort built and named Fort Lafayette,42;town laid out,50;incorporated as a borough,50;chartered as a city,50;new charter adopted in 1887,50;"Ripper" charter adopted,50;list of mayors,51;first Republican Convention,53;distinguished visitors,58;great fire,58;railroad riots,59;consolidation of Pittsburgh and Allegheny,52;present population,79,81;tonnage compared with other cities,82;surrounded by rich coal and gas fields,83;imports in 1907,83;manufacture of iron begun,83;iron and steel statistics,83,84,86;value of various products,84;first glass works built,84;rank as a glass-producing center,84;as a banking center,85;tax valuation of property,86;public buildings,103;hospitals,103;charitable institutions,103;water supply,105

Pittsburgh Academy,41,98,102

Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad,49

Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Canal,81

Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad,49

Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad,49

Pittsburgh Country Club,90

Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad,49

Pittsburgh Harbor,82

Pittsburgh Orchestra,94,106

Pittsburgh riots,59

Pittsburgh, University of,41,98

Plimpton, Thomas B.,118

Pontiac plans attack on whites,34

Poole, Eugene A.,108

Poorten-Schwartz, Joost Marius Willem van der ("Maarten Maartens"),96

Preece, Sir William Henry,96

Quebec, fall of,31

Realf, Richard,117

Rebellion, War of,53

Reed, James H.,94

Reese, Cara,118

Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary,102

Reid, Whitelaw,95

Reinhart, Charles Stanley,106

Republican Association,54

Republican Party, founding of,52;first Convention,55;first candidates,57

Rhŷs, John,96

Richardson, H. H.,103

Riddle, Robert M., Mayor,51

Rinehart, Mary Roberts,114

"Ripper" charter,50

Riverview Park,90

Roberts, E. S.,96

Roberts, Thomas P.,121

Robertson, William,96

Ross, John,96

St. Clair, General Arthur, sent against Indians,42;defeated,42

Sassoonan,16

Sawyer, B. C., Mayor,51

Schaper, Fritz,96

Schenley, Mrs. Mary,106

Schenley Park,90,91

Scott, Walter,116

Seibel, George,114

Semple, Samuel,35

Seward, William H., Secretary of State, visits Pittsburgh,58

Sheedy, Morgan M.,116

Shiras, Charles R.,114

Singer, William H.,108

Siviter, Anna Pierpont,121

Slavery, introduction intoUnited States,53;abolished,53

Sloane, William H.,110

Smith, Lee S.,117

Snowden, John M., Mayor,51

Stanwix, General, builds new Fort Pitt,31

Stead, William T.,107

Stuart-Mitchell School,102

Swank, James M.,117

Swinderen, R. de Marees van,96

Swisshelm, Jane Grey,121

Tanner, Henry O.,108

Tassey, John,121

Taylor, President, visits Pittsburgh,58

Thaw, William,106

Thomson, James, Mayor,51

Thurmston, Cora,121

Thurston School,102

Ticonderoga, capture of,28

Trent, Captain William, established first permanent white settlement in Pittsburgh,20

Truax, Sarah,114

Turtle Creek,19

Uniontown, fort at,21

United States Steel Corporation,85

University of Pittsburgh,41,98

Ursuline Young Ladies' Academy,102

Van Noppen, L. C.,120

Venango,18

Verder, Emily E.,121

Virginia, claims site of Pittsburgh,14;sends Washington to retake Fort Duquesne,20;dispute with Pennsylvania settled,40

Volz, Ferdinand E., Mayor,51

Vondel,120

Wabash R. R. Co.,49,74

Wade, Annie,121

Wales, Prince of, visits Pittsburgh,58

Wall, A. Bryan,108

Wall, Albert S.,108

Washington, George, the first Pittsburgher,13;first visits Pittsburgh,13,17;his visits to Pittsburgh,13,14,17,35;said to have named Pittsburgh,14;first impressions of site of Pittsburgh,17;hardships of journey to Fort Leboeuff,17,18,19;shot at by his Indian guide,19;saved from drowning by  Gist,19;sent to retake Fort Duquesne,20;directs the retreat of Braddock's army,24;commands militia at Fort Duquesne,28;last visit to Pittsburgh,35;warns General St. Clair against Indians,42;sends army to suppress whisky insurrection,44

Wayne, Fort, built by General Wayne,42

Wayne, General Anthony, sent against Indians,42;builds Fort Defiance and Fort Wayne,42;defeats Indians,42

Weaver, Henry A., Mayor,51

Webster, Daniel, visits Pittsburgh,58

Weeks, Joseph D.,117

Welles, Gideon, Secretary of Navy, visits Pittsburgh,58

Western Theological Seminary,102

Western University of Pennsylvania. See University of Pittsburgh

Westinghouse Company,85

Westinghouse, George,85

Whisky insurrection,42

William II, Emperor of Germany,101

Wilson, Erasmus,113

Wilson, George, Mayor,51

Wolfe, death of,31

Woodwell, Joseph R.,108

Zoölogical garden,102

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