Excerpt from A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. 3: Genealogical Memoirs of the Leading Families of Pittsburg and Vicinity
His recollections were that in 1796 Pittsburg had about one hundred and two houses. He wrote in his journal July 25, 1784: I have provided a house for the reception of the goods when they arrive: I have a distillery. They engaged in mercantile business in 1784, and had a saw mill up the Allegheny. He wrote to a Philadelphia firm in 1784: I am greatly in need of three barrels of whiskey and one of rum, for want of which my neighbors get all the skins and furs.
Major Craig had a taste for mathematics, was an expert carpenter, was fond of mechanical art and philosophical experiments, and no doubt for this reason he was made a member of the American Philosophical Society in March, 1787, being elected a complimentary member, without his asking.
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