Jane Grey Swisshelm

Jane Grey Swisshelm is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Allegheny County, dedicated 1959.

Braddock & Greendale Aves., Edgewood, just N of I-376 exit 9

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Renowned editor, abolitionist, Civil War nurse, advocate of women's rights and temperance. Also author of "Half a Century, 1815-1865." Born Jane Grey Cannon at Pittsburgh December 6, 1815; died in old homestead on this site on July 22, 1884.

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1755 · Copy of a sketch of the Monongahela, with the field of battle (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1816 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1823 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1825 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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