Fort Duquesne and Fort Pitt
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Excerpt from Fort Duquesne and Fort Pitt: Early Names of Pittsburgh Streets 1753. - The French begin to build a chain of forts to enforce their boundaries. Dec. 11, 1753. - Washington visits Fort Le Boeuf. Jan., 1754. - Washington lands on Wainwright´s Island in the Allegheny river. - Recommends that a fort be built at the "Forks of the Ohio." Feb. 17, 1754. - A fort begun at the "Forks of the Ohio" by Capt. Wm. Trent. April 18, 1754. - Ensign Ward, with thirty-three men, surprised here by the French, and surrenders. June, 1754. - Fort Duquesne completed. May 28, 1754. - Washington attacks Coulon de Jumonville at Great Meadows. July 9, 1755. - Braddock´s defeat. April, 1758. - Brig. Gen. John Forbes takes command. August, 1758. - Fort Bedford built. October, 1758. - Fort Ligonier built. Nov. 24, 1758. - Fort Duquesne destroyed by the retreating French. Nov. 25, 1758. - Gen. Forbes takes possession. August, 1759. - Fort Pitt begun by Gen. John Stanwix. May, 1763. - Conspiracy of Pontiac. July, 1763. - Fort Pitt besieged by Indians. 1764. - Col. Henry Bouquet builds the Redoubt. Oct. 10, 1772. - Fort Pitt abandoned by the British. Jan., 1774. - Dr. James Connelly occupies Fort Pitt with Virginia militia, and changes name to Fort Dunmore. July, 1776. - Indian conference at Fort Pitt. - Pontiac and Guyasuta. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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