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Johnstown (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-pennsylvania
26, 1873 New State constitution goes into effect......Jan. 1, 1874 Centennial Exposition, at Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of American Independence, opens......May 10, 1876 Great strike of railroad employes, rapidly extending over most of the lines of the northern United States, inaugurated......July 19, 1877 [The strike was not entirely quieted until November.] Natural gas used as fuel in western counties......1884 Johnstown flood......June 1, 1889 William D. Kelley, born in 1814, the oldest member of the House of Representatives, dies in Washington, D. C.......Jan. 9, 1890 Proposal of Mr. Carnegie to expend $1,000,000 for a public library in Pittsburg accepted......Feb. 10, 1890 Cyclone at Wilkesbarre and other towns, killing fourteen, injuring 180, and damaging property to $1,000,000......Aug. 19, 1890 Boundary between Pennsylvania and New York agreed upon by commissioners, March 26, 1886, and co
Delaware (Delaware, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-pennsylvania
a small portion of Lake Erie lie on the north, Delaware River separates it from New Jersey on the east, the States of Delaware, Maryland, and West Virginia bound it on the south, while West Virginia and Ohio are on the west. Area, 45,215 square ms meeting made changes in the frame of government, tending to strengthen the power of the proprietary. The territories (Delaware) were enfranchised by a joint act, and united with Pennsylvania on the basis of equal rights, and a code called the grease and William Bradford on a branch of the Wissahickon......1690 Penn sanctions the separation of the lower counties (Delaware) as a separate government under William Markham......April 11, 1691 Government of Pennsylvania taken from Penn......Oe......1828 First locomotive used in the United States run on the Carbondale and Honesdale road......August, 1829 Delaware and Hudson Canal from Honesdale to Rondout on the Hudson, 108 miles, completed.......1829 The Cent, Christopher C. Co
Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-pennsylvania
. Kelley, born in 1814, the oldest member of the House of Representatives, dies in Washington, D. C.......Jan. 9, 1890 Proposal of Mr. Carnegie to expend $1,000,000 for a public library in Pittsburg accepted......Feb. 10, 1890 Cyclone at Wilkesbarre and other towns, killing fourteen, injuring 180, and damaging property to $1,000,000......Aug. 19, 1890 Boundary between Pennsylvania and New York agreed upon by commissioners, March 26, 1886, and confirmed by both legislatures, is approvedittee of the Amalgamated Association, are arrested on charge of treason against the commonwealth of Pennsylvania......Sept. 30, 1892 Strike at Carnegie Steel Mills, Homestead, declared off......Nov. 20, 1892 Ex-Gov. Henry M. Hoyt dies at Wilkesbarre......Dec. 1, 1892 Agitation regarding the desecration of the battle-field of Gettysburg by electric cars for carrying sight-seers......1893 Twenty-five thousand dollars appropriated to buy the land at Valley Forge, used by the Continenta
Department de Ville de Paris (France) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-pennsylvania
years; Virginia 1,900, with Washington as leader The Virginia troops rendezvous at Fort Cumberland, Md., and the Pennsylvania and other troops at Raystown, now Bedford, Pa. Washington advised the Braddock route for the advance, while Cols Bouquet and Armstrong recommended a more central one, which was adopted.] Extensive emigration to the western part of Pennsylvania......1759-62 Beginning of the Pontiac War......1763 Treaty of peace between England and France, termed the treaty of Paris......Feb. 10, 1763 Attack made by the Indians along the frontier of Pennsylvania and Virginia......May, 1763 Fort Le Boeuf burned by Indians; garrison escapes......June 18, 1763 Fort Venango destroyed, garrison and all......June 18, 1763 Presque Isle, now Erie, garrison of twenty-four men, surrenders......June 22, 1763 Fort Pitt, with a garrison of 330 men, and 200 women and children, besieged by the Indians......June–July, 1763 Colonel Bouquet, at the head of 500 British
Chester, Pa. (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-pennsylvania
for Penn on Pennsbury Manor, opposite Burlington, about 20 miles above Philadelphia......1682 Penn visits New Jersey, New York, and Long Island, and returns to Chester......Dec. 4, 1682 [Penn's famous treaty with the Indians under the elms at Shackamaxon, at the northern limits of Philadelphia, occurs about this time, accordiaditionary treaty. Bancroft says: It is to be regretted that no original record of the meeting has been preserved. ] First Assembly of the province meets at Chester in three days session......Dec. 4, 1682 [This meeting made changes in the frame of government, tending to strengthen the power of the proprietary. The territo, 1683 Weekly post established (letters carried from Philadelphia to Chester, 2d.; to New Castle, 4d.; to Maryland, 6d.)......July, 1683 First mill built at Chester......1683 Franfort Land Company, of Germany, purchase 25,000 acres of land around Germantown, and begin a settlement, consisting of twenty families under Franc
Ohio Valley (California, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-pennsylvania
lt and mass celebrated in Philadelphia......1734 County of Lancaster organized......1737 George Whitefield arrives at Philadelphia......November, 1739 American philosophical society established in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin......1743 Hostilities with the Six Nations, after a bloody collision between them and the backwoodsmen of Virginia, are averted by a treaty at Lancaster between Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland and the Six Nations, the Indians ceding the whole valley of the Ohio for £ 400......July, 1744 War of England with France, termed King George's War ......1744 For the reduction of Louisburg, Pennsylvania furnishes £ 4,000 in provisions......1745 Thomas and Richard Penn the sole proprietors of Pennsylvania, Thomas holding three-quarters of the whole by bequest from his brother John, who dies this year ......1746 Over 5,000 immigrants, mostly Germans, arrive in Pennsylvania......1750 Franklin identifies lightning and electricity......June 5
Ohio (Ohio, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-pennsylvania
ng the seventh in geographical order of the thirteen, is known as the Keystone State. It lies between lat. 39° 43′ and 42° N.—except a small portion in the northwest corner, which extends north to 42° 15′, and thus borders on Lake Erie—and between long. 74° 40′ and 80° 36′ W. New York and a small portion of Lake Erie lie on the north, Delaware River separates it from New Jersey on the east, the States of Delaware, Maryland, and West Virginia bound it on the south, while West Virginia and Ohio are on the west. Area, 45,215 square miles, in sixty-seven counties. Population in 1890, 5,258,014; 1900, 6,302,115. Capital, Harrisburg. Henry Hudson enters Delaware Bay, examines its currents and soundings, but leaves without landing......August, 1609 Delaware Bay visited by Lord de la Warr......1610 Cornelius Hendricksen, in the interest of the Dutch, explores Delaware Bay and river as far as mouth of the Schuylkill......1616 Cornelius Mey ascends the Delaware Rive
Fort Le Boeuf (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-pennsylvania
......June 5, 1752 French build a fort at Presque Isle, now Erie......1753 One at Le Boeuf, on French Creek......1753 Another at Venango......1753 George Washington sent by the governor of Virginia to meet the French commander at Fort Le Boeuf and learn his reasons for invading British dominions......November, 1753 Thirty-three men of the Ohio company begin a fortification at the junction of the Alleghany and Monongahela, now Pittsburg, but on the approach of the French capitula....1759-62 Beginning of the Pontiac War......1763 Treaty of peace between England and France, termed the treaty of Paris......Feb. 10, 1763 Attack made by the Indians along the frontier of Pennsylvania and Virginia......May, 1763 Fort Le Boeuf burned by Indians; garrison escapes......June 18, 1763 Fort Venango destroyed, garrison and all......June 18, 1763 Presque Isle, now Erie, garrison of twenty-four men, surrenders......June 22, 1763 Fort Pitt, with a garrison of 330
Westminster (Maryland, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-pennsylvania
his residence on Tinicum Island, a few miles below Philadelphia, and builds a fort for defence......1643 [First European settlement in Pennsylvania.] Swedes settle Upland (now Chester), first town settled in Pennsylvania......1643 Dutch from New York capture the Swedish forts on the Delaware, and take possession of the country......Sept. 25, 1655 This territory surrendered to the English......September, 1664 Dutch recover possession for a few months, 1673, but the peace of Westminster restores it to the English......Feb. 19, 1674 William Penn receives from Charles II., in payment of £ 16,000 due his father from the English government, a charter for lands north of Maryland and west of the Delaware......March 4, 1681 Penn issues an address to his subjects in Pennsylvania concerning the grant......April 8, 1681 Penn appoints William Markham deputy governor, who sails in May, and arrives in Pennsylvania......June, 1681 Penn contracts to sell an association, Co
Cumberland (Maryland, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-pennsylvania
r......April, 1755 General Braddock is twenty-seven days on the march from Alexandria to Fort Cumberland, and arrives with 2,150 men......May 10, 1755 Braddock advances from Fort Cumberland forFort Cumberland for Fort Duquesne, distance, 130 miles......June 10, 1755 Braddock leaves Colonel Dunbar to bring up the heavy baggage, and pushes on with 1,200 chosen men......June 19, 1755 Battle of Monongahelagage worth £ 100,000, destroys the remaining artillery, and retreats......July 13, 1755 [Fort Cumberland is evacuated, leaving the frontier of Pennsylvania without a post of defence.] Assembly irteen years; Virginia 1,900, with Washington as leader The Virginia troops rendezvous at Fort Cumberland, Md., and the Pennsylvania and other troops at Raystown, now Bedford, Pa. Washington advised tgton, reach Pittsburg, April 2, and leave on the 5th and enter Maryland from Pennsylvania near Cumberland......April 13, 1894 American liner St. Paul launched at Philadelphia......April 10, 1895
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