[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh place names, esp. "Liberty"

[robert netzlof]

--- robert netzlof <wb3iqe at rocketmail.com> wrote:
> ...one found references
> to "Northern Liberties", "East Liberty", "West
> Liberty", and "Liberty Township".
> 
> So, what is the definition of "liberty" as in
> "Northern Liberties". The plural has my curiosity
> running in high gear.

Looked around the web a bit and found:

http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/webster.form.html

ARTFL Project: 1913 Webster's Revised Unabridged
Dictionary

liberty:

5. The place within which certain immunities are
enjoyed, or jurisdiction is exercised.




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Bob Netzlof a/k/a Sweet Old Bob


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