Social Life
Charles W. Dahlinger
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Description
Charles Dahlinger wrote this sketch of Pittsburgh's early social life, published at New York and London in 1916; the head gives his middle initial only. A sketch of Pittsburgh in 1790 fronts it. The contents divide the story: the formative period, a new county and a new borough, and the melting pot. Life at the beginning of the 1800s and the seat of power follow.
Public and private affairs, a duel, the printer Zadok Cramer, and the broadening of culture close the chapters. Dahlinger opens with a truth of the frontier. Until all fear of Indian troubles had ceased, there was practically no social life in pioneer communities. Law was a loose net with large meshes there. Pittsburgh in 1750 was no man's land, claimed by France and England and left to the sword. His book watches a garrison town become a city.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Charles W. Dahlinger |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 243 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |