Source:Donehoo, George P. Pennsylvania.

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Source Pennsylvania
A History
Author Donehoo, George Patterson (editor)
Montgomery, Thomas L (intro author)
Coverage
Place Pennsylvania, United States
Subject Biography, History
Publication information
Type Book
Publisher Lewis Historical Publishing Company
Date issued 1926-1931
Place issued New York, New York
Number of Volumes 9
Citation
Donehoo, George Patterson (editor), and Thomas L (intro author) Montgomery. Pennsylvania: A History. (New York, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1926-1931).
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Internet ArchiveVol 2, 1926Free website
Internet Archive1926 edition; metadata indicates this is Vol 7, but that info does not appear in the front materialFree website

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May be ordered through the nearest Family History Center.

The FamilySearch catalog record provides links to free online versions of each of the 9 volumes.

Structure

Volume 2 begins with "Chapter IV. Minor Events", pg. 547 and has neither a table of contents nor an index. The end page of this volume is pg. 1060.

  • Subheadings in chapter IV: "Campaign Against French Invasion" pg. 548, "Reinforcements from England" pg. 551, "Trouble Between Keith and Logan" pg. 555, "Franklin in Philadelphia" pg. 557, "Clubs and Societies" pg. 559, "Franklin's First Foreign Mission" pg. 560, "Opening of Stamp Duty Dispute" pg. 562, "Philadelphia Foremost American City" pg. 564, "Whitefield in Pennsylvania" pg. 566, "Colonial Conventions" pg. 567, "Mason and Dixon Line Established" pg. 570, "Pennsylvania Applies For Royal Governor" pg. 571, "Resolutions Against Importing" pg. 575, "Pennsylvania Hospital Established" pg. 579, "University of Pennsylvania" pg. 580
  • "Chapter V. Society of Friends" begins on page 583, ends on pg. 617
  • "Book Four Western Pennsylvania" starts with "Chapter I. The Upper Ohio Valley Before the Coming of the White Man" pg. 620; "Chapter II. Pennsylvania's Attempts to Win the Friendship of the Ohio Indians" pg. 626; "Chapter III. Logstown on the Ohio—Treaty at Lancaster, 1748" pg. 635; "Chapter IV. The Mission of Conrad Weiser to Logstown" pg. 641; "Chapter V. The French Claim of the Ohio Valley" pg. 646; "Chapter VI. The Organizatoin of the Ohio Company and Its Activities" pg. 651; "Chapter VII. The Building of the French Forts" pg. 656; "Chapter VIII. The Effect of the French Invasion of Ohio Upon Indians—Treaty at Carlisle in 1753" pg. 662; "Chapter IX. The Mission of George Washington, of Virginia, to the French Forts" pg. 669; "Chapter X. Washington's Meeting With The French Commander At Le Boeuf, And His Return To Virginia" pg. 678; "Chapter XI. Pennsylvania Hesitates, Virginia Acts—Building of Fort of the Ohio Company" pg. 685; "Chapter XII. Washington's Expedition—The Defeat At Fort Necessity" pg 692; "Chapter XIII. Preparation For the Expedition and Defeat of General Edward Braddock" pg. 705; "Chapter XIV. Expedition of General Edward Braddock, in 1755" pg. 714; "Chapter XV. The March of General Braddock to the Ohio" pg. 724; "Chapter XVI. Battle of Monongahela—Defeat and Death of General Edward Braddock" pg. 732 (chapter has subheadings); "Chapter XVII. The Effect of the Defeat of Braddock's Army and of the Ignominious Retreat of Dunbar" pg. 751; "Chapter XVIII. Delaware and Shawnee Go Over to French—First Actual Hostility" pg. 761; "Chapter XIX. Expedition of Colonel John Armstrong Against Kittanning" pg. 775; "Chapter XX. The Efforts For Peace With Delaware and Shawnee On Susquehanna—Final Reconciliation" pg. 789; "Chapter XXI. The Heroic Peace Mission of Christian F. Post To the Ohio and Its Results" pg. 796 (chapter has subheadings); "Chapter XXII. The Expedition of General John Forbes Against Fort Duquesne In 1758" pg. 814 (one subheading "Notes Along the Forbes Road" pg. 836); "Chapter XXIII. Fort Pitt and the Commencement of the English Occupation of the Ohio Valley" pg. 838; "Chapter XXIV. The Lull Before the Storm" pg. 853; "Chapter XXV. Pontiac's War—Battle of Bushy Run" pg. 865; "Chapter XXVI. Fort Pitt and Bouquet's Expedition of 1764 Into the Indian Country" pg. 881; "Chapter XXVII. Attempts to Resume the Trade With the Western Indians—The Indian Council at Fort Pitt, and George Croghan's Mission of 1756" pg. 893; "Chapter XXVIII. The English Settlements West of the Mountains, Upon Lands Not Purchased From the Indians, and Its Usual Result" pg. 902; "Chapter XXIX. The English Settlement of Southwestern Pennsylvania Commences With the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, 1768" pg. 912 (one subheading "Notes" pg. 919); "Chapter XXX. The Backwoods and the People Who Lived In It" pg. 925; "Chapter XXXI. The Period of Dunmore's War and the Events Before the Revolution" pg. 938 (one subheading "Cornstalk" pg. 958); "Chapter XXXII. The Virginia Boundary Dispute" pg. 961; "Chapter XXXIII. Western Pennsylvania During the Revolution" pg. 976; "Chapter XXXIV. The Whiskey Insurrection" pg. 996 (one subheading "Bibliography" pg. 1010)
  • "Book Five Revolutionary and Constitutional Period, 1764-1787" startw with "Chapter I. The Stamp Act" pg. 1014 (multiple subheadings); "Chapter II. Mutterings Of the Gathering Tempest Of Revolution" pg. 1036 (multiple subheadings).
  • Text ends pg. 1060

FHL film numbers

  • 908344 Item 1
  • 1320599 Item 5
  • 1697773 Item 6