[Trade Journal]
Publication: The Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
vol. 26, no. 3 & 4, p. 169-170,175,178, col. 1-2,1,1
HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOTES
At the first of the society's annual series of monthly meetings, held at the Historical Building on October 26, 1943, Francis R. Harbison, Esq., of Pittsburgh, presented a paper on "Bygone Days in the Allegheny Valley," and Henry King Siebeneck, Esq., also of Pittsburgh, read a paper entitled "Pittsburgh Civil War Fortifications Claims."
Dr. Henry E. Hill, superintendent of the Pittsburgh Public Schools, addressed the annual downtown luncheon meeting, held at the Hotel Henry on December 2, on the subject, "Our High School Heritage."
New members elected at the October and December meetings are: Mrs. K. R. Burke, John W. Eichleay, Frank Garratt, Francis R. Harbison, James F. Hillman, Albert C. Hirsch, and Karl M. Knapp, of Pittsburgh; Paul F. Kromer of Greensburg; Will Judy of Chicago; James R. Rayburn of Taos, New Mexico; and John H. Cook of Trenton, New Jersey. All were received as annual members.
In the same period word was received of the deaths of the following members: Marcus Acheson, Jr., Bayard H. Christy, William H. Coleman, Theodore Diller, Edwin S. Fickes, John G. Fraser, Newton E. Graham, D. E. Jackman, Mrs. Sarah E. W. King, H. Walton Mitchell, Alice M. Negley, Mrs. James Brown Oliver, Ralph H. Smith, and Jane D. Walker.
THE COMING CENTENNIAL OF THE GREAT FIRE
A committee of the Historical Society of Western Pennsylania, headed by Henry King Siebeneck, Esq., is beginning to make preparations for a suitable observance of the one hundredth anniversary of the fire that destroyed a large part of Pittsburgh on April 10, 1845. Among other things the committee pro-poses to form an "Association of Descendants of Pittsburghers of 1845," of whom there must be many thousands in the Pittsburgh district and elsewhere throughout the country. As a means of reaching and securing the cooperation of such descendants, a list of Pittsburghers who suffered losses in the fire is reprinted below. It is taken from J. Heron Foster's A Full Account of the Great Fire at Pittsburgh.... published in that city soon after the event. Obviously, not all the people resident in or near Pittsburgh at that time are included, but the list is exceptionally inclusive, detailed, and useful so far as it goes. The committee is desirous not only of locating as many as possible of the descendants of Pittsburghers of 1845, wherever they may be found, but also of receiving word about old letters, diaries, or other family records containing references to the Great Fire, and from those near at hand, the loan of objects saved from the fire or typical of that period. It would be counted a favor if other historical societies all over the country would publish a brief notice of this undertaking in their magazines or bulletins. Descendants thus reached, together with qualified readers of this notice, are invited to report their connections and any surviving family records or traditions of the fire to Mr. Franklin F. Holbrook, director of the society, 4338 Bigelow Boulevard, Pittsburgh 13, Pa.
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George Ammon, tailor, $63
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Wm. Hemingray's Heirs, 1,200
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