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Author Harpster, John W.

Title Pen pictures of early western Pennsylvania / edited by John W. Harpster; maps and illustrations by Harvey Cushman.

Publication Info. [Pittsburgh] : University of Pittsburgh press, 1938.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  974.8 H23    Check Shelf
Description 5 pages 1., xiii-xv pages 1 ., 337, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations (including map) ; 25 cm
Note Map on lining-papers.
"Two thousand copies...were printed."
"These accounts range in date from 1748 to 1829 and are about forty in number."--Introd.
"This book is one of a series relating western Pennsylvania history written under the direction of the Western Pennsylvania historical survey sponsored jointly by the Buhl foundation, the Historical society of western Pennsylvania, and the University of Pittsburgh."
Contains accounts by George Washington, Nicholas Cresswell, Peter Muhlenberg, Arthur Lee, and Joseph Doddridge.
Bibliography "Selective bibliography of travel and description in western Pennsylvania": pages [297]-327.
Subject Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources.
Pennsylvania -- Description and travel.
Added Author Western Pennsylvania Historical Survey.
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