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Survey and Town Plan of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by Woods, Colonel George - 1784

by Woods, Colonel George

Survey and Town Plan of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by Woods, Colonel George - 1784

Survey and Town Plan of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

by Woods, Colonel George

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Pittsburgh, 1784. THE ONLY SURVIVING ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF THE FIRST PLAN OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH Pen and ink on parchment Sheet size: 13 ½" x 17 ¼" Provenance: Senator James Ross (1762-1847); Private collection, Pittsburgh. References: John Melish, Travels through the United States of America in the Years 1806-07 (Philadelphia, 1812) 54; John W. Reps, The Making of Urban America (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1965) 204-206; ibid., Town Planning in Frontier America (Columbia & London: University of Missouri Press, 1980) 181; Bruce Buvinger, Origin, Development, and Persistence of Street Patterns in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, 1972). This remarkable document is the only available original manuscript of the first survey and town plan of Pittsburgh and stands as the Penns' charter of Pittsburgh. Every deed issued by Penns' Philadelphia Land Office referred to it and all subsequent real estate ownership in Pittsburgh's "Triangle" is based on this document. .
  • Bookseller Arader Galleries US (US)
  • Book Condition Used
  • Place of Publication Pittsburgh
  • Date Published 1784