X. CATALOG OF RELICS AND OBJECTS, MANY OF THEM 

 PERTAINING TO THE EARLY HISTORY OF PITTS- 

 BURGH, EXHIBITED AT THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM UPON 

 THE OCCASION OF THE SESQUI-CENTENNIAL CELE- 

 BRATION OF THE FOUNDING OF PITTSBURGH, SEP- 

 TEMBER 27-NOVEMBER 25, 1908. 



By Douglas Stewart. 



At the time when plans were being formulated fpr the celebration 

 of the Sesqui- Centennial of the founding of the city of Pittsburgh, 

 a committee was appointed to arrange for an appropriate exhibition 

 at the Carnegie Institute and Library. It seemed proper that the 

 exhibit should consist of an historical collection especially relating 

 to the early history of the city. Many objects of great historical 

 interest were in possession of the Carnegie Museum, having been 

 received as gifts from time to time, and these served as a nucleus 

 for the collection. Letters were sent to the members of the local 

 "Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution" and to 

 other persons known to have objects of interest, requesting them to 

 permit their collections to be placed upon exhibition. The response 

 to these requests was not as great as it undoubtedly would have been 

 at a more propitious season. Many families were out of town and 

 their houses closed for the summer, thus it was impossible to obtain 

 many things, which would have added materially to the exhibition. 

 In spite of this fact a great number of people kindly consented to 

 loan their collections, and the addition of the objects kindly brought 

 from abroad by Miss Pitt-Taylor and Mr. Arthur Forbes enabled the 

 museum to make an exhibition which seemed to be greatly appreciated 

 by the public. 



I. Colonial and Revolutionary Period. 



Silver Plate, China, Articles of Personal and Household Use, etc. 

 I. Set of Sheffield Plate, formerly the property of William Pitt, 

 Earl of Chatham, consisting of four covered vegetable dishes, two 

 platters, a soup tureen, a pair of candlesticks, a mustard pot with 

 spoon, and a coffee pot. 



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