A colony sprung from hell
Subtitle: Pittsburgh and the struggle for authority on the western Pennsylvania frontier, 1744-1794
By: Daniel P. Barr
Publisher: The Kent State University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Kent, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9781606351901
Subjects: History; Jurisdiction; Frontier and pioneer life
Other titles: Pittsburgh and the struggle for authority on the western Pennsylvania frontier, 1744-1794
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-327) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: the most unaccountable country and inhabitants in the world; title: Part I. Competition; title: Provinces will be jealous of one another; title: Great application, many arguments, and much difficulty; title: Never come to peace again; title: Part II. Regulation; title: Quiet and peaceable possession?; title: Shadows of law and justice; title: A spirit of hostility; title: Part III. Revolution; title: A party spirit prevails; title: This country is strangely infatuated; title: Mutual distrust and jealousy; title: Epilogue: the ends of the American earth.