Liberty Township was a short-lived

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, in the east of what is now

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. It was formed on December 3, 1864, from a portion of Peebles Township. Its territory lay south of

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and included the present-day neighborhoods of Shadyside, Point Breeze and

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, and parts of East Liberty,

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, Bloomfield, and Regent Square. On June 30, 1868, Liberty Township and its neighboring municipalities of Peebles, Collins, Pitt,

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, and Lawrenceville were annexed to Pittsburgh. Residents of Liberty included steel magnate

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, general James S. Negley, railroad executive Robert Pitcairn, congressman Thomas M. Howe, and politician and judge William Wilkins.

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