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Fort Pitt fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1759-1760.

Reference:

R5457-0-9-E, MG18-N38

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101276

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Fort Pitt fonds
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Date(s):

1759-1760.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.2 cm of textual records (6 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of a journal kept by Patterson and Hutchins during a march from Pittsburg to Presqu'Isle and return, 5 to 19 October 1759 (4 pages) and a description of Fort Pitt by Henry Gordon, Philadelphia, 24 December 1760 (2 pages).

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Fort Pitt

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Fort Pitt : In 1758, Fort Duquesne located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Ohio rivers was captured by the English after being abandoned and blown up by the French. The name was changed to Fort Pitt and the settlement was called Pittsburg.

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General note:

Received in 1934 from Viscount Galway.
Subject heading:

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Patterson - Travel diaries, 1759

Hutchins - Travel diaries, 1759

Pittsburg (Penn.) - Description, 1759

Fort Pitt (Sask.) - Description, 1759

Presqu'Isle - Description and travel, 1759
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Private

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MG18-N38
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG18 N 38] 1--2

[Consultation 90 Open]

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