Excerpt from History of Pittsburgh and Environs, Vol. 2 In the year 1774, Dunmore's War with the Indians was the last con test between the British and the savages. This kept the town in hot water for two years on account of the controversy about the disputed jurisdiction between Virginia and Pennsylvania. The advent of the Revolution changed the course of events. After the battle of Lexington a meeting of the citizens was held, May 16, 1775, 'which expressed the highest sense of the spirited behavior of their brethren in New England, and cordially approving of their opposition to the invaders of American rights. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.