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The Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine BOARD OF EDITORS Margaret P. Bothwell Alfred P. James Florence C. McLaughlin Prudence John W. Oliver Agnes L. Starrett Edward G. Williams B. Trimble, Editor Volume 53 Pittsburgh The Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania 1970
The Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania 4338 Bigelow Boulevard, Pittsburgh 15213 Telephone: 681-7000 Officers C. V. Starrett, president ;Niles Anderson, James H. Beal, Cleveland D. Rea, Charles M. Stotz, vice presidents ;Robert C. Alberts, secretary ;John W. R. Creighton, treasurer. Trustees Mrs. C. Stanton Belfour, Mrs. George S. Cunningham, Evelyn F. Evans, Mrs. E. D. Harshbarger, Roy A. Hunt, Jr., Lowell Innes, Alfred P. James, Oliver M. Kaufmann, Eleanor P. Kelly, LilyLee Nixon, Thomas C. Pears III,Richard Mellon Scaife, Myron B. Sharp, Joseph G. Smith, Mrs. C. V. Starrett, Mrs. William J. Titzel, James M.Walton. Staff John W. Harpster, director ;Robert D. Christie, director emeritus; Prudence B. Trimble, editor; Mrs. Ruth K. Salisbury, librarian.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME 53 Descent of the Raftsmen's Guard Mark Reinsberg 1 The Fort Pitt Museum Part Two Charles Morse Stotz 33 Virginia's Use of Blacks inthe French and Indian War Larry G. Bowman 57 Revolutionary War Letters of the Reverend William Van Horne William E. Van Home 105 Some Pioneers and Some of Their Descendants Margaret Pearson Bothwell 139 Parts One and Two Florence C. McLaughlin 151 Margaret Townsend Scully's Trunk Herr's Island Fred R. Herr 211 The Allegheny Story William M.Rimmel 227 The Exploration of a Legend Frank Pollicino 243 or the Early Furniture of Western Pennsylvania Avocation of an Internist Robert W. McDermott 249 Margaret Townsend Scully's Trunk Parts Three and Four Florence C. McLaughlin 255 Migrations of the Pennsylvania Germans to Western Pennsylvania Part One Homer T. Rosenberger 319
Some Notes on Early Local Schools John Newell Crombie 337 Interests Transcended: The Early History of Carnegie Tech Henry C. Zabierek 349 Margaret Townsend Scully's Trunk Part Four (continued) Florence C. McLaughlin 367 Book Reviews 65, 181, 287, 387 Historical Society Notes and Documents 83, 199, 299, 397 Dr. Stanton Belfour, by C. V.Starrett 83 In Commemoration 86, 207, 316, 408 New Members 88 In Memoriam 89 The Manuscript and Miscellaneous Collections of The le Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania A Preliminary try Guide Part Nine (concluded), Part Ten, Part Eleven, Part Twelve 90, 199, 305, 400 The Si. Davis Clock and Dr. R. W. McDermott 210 The Pittsburgh Rifles and the Battle of Drainsville, by Alexander Murdoch 299 Historical Tour of 1970, by Robert D. Christie 397 Accessions 410
The Western \M 12 0<, 1$ Pennsy 1vanit \u25a0* «Historical Magazine JANUARY 1970 DESCENT OF THE RAFTSMEN'S GUARD Mark Reuuberg THE FORT PITT MUSEUM PART II Charles Morse Stots VIRGINIA'S USE OF BLACKS IN THE FRENCH AND INDIANWAR Larry G. Bowman PUBLISHED BY THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA Volume 53 Number 1
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE BOARD OF EDITORS Margaret P. Bothwell John W. Oliver Alfred P. Agnes L, James Starrett Florence C. McLaughlin Edward G. Williams Prudence B. Trimble, Editor CONTENTS Descent of the Raftsmen's Guard Mark Reinsberg 1 The Fort Pitt Museum Part II Charles Morse Stot2 33 Virginia's Use of Blacks in the French and Indian War Larry G. Bowman 57 Book Reviews 65 HOLT, Forging a Majority. The Formation of the Republican Party in Pittsburgh, 1848-1860, by J. Cutler Andrews FLEXNER, Doctors on Horseback Pioneers of American Medicine, by Robert W. McDermott, M.D. ALBERTS, The Golden Voyage The Life and Times of William Bingham, by C. V. Starrett BEAL, Jacob Eichholtz, 1776-1842, Portrait Painter of Pennsylvania, by Fred A. Myers HIXSON, Isaac Collins. A Quaker Printer in18th Century America, by Stanley D. Mayer ECKERT, The Frontiersmen, A Narrative, and Wilderness Empire, A Narrative, by Florence C. McLaughlin WARNER, The Private City. Philadelphia in Three Periods of Its Growth, by Robert H. Berlin Historical Society Notes 83 Dr. Stanton Belfour, by C. V. Starrett In Commemoration New Members In Memoriam The Manuscript and Miscellaneous Collections of The Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania A Preliminary Guide Part Nine (concluded) THE WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE is published quarterly by The Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, 4338 Bigelow Boulevard, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 (Telephone 681-7000). Correspondence concerning contributions and books for review may be sent to the editor at that address. The society assumes no responsibility for statements made by contributors to the magazine. Copyright 1970 by The Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania. Second-class postage paid at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.