id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 40037 Daughters of the American Revolution. Pittsburgh Chapter (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Fort Duquesne and Fort Pitt; Early Names of Pittsburgh Streets .txt text/plain 13236 673 71 [Illustration: BLOCK HOUSE OF FORT PITT. =August, 1759.=--Fort Pitt begun by Gen. John Stanwix. =July, 1763.=--Fort Pitt besieged by Indians. =July, 1776.=--Indian conference at Fort Pitt.--Pontiac and Washington learned that a detachment of French had marched from the fort Indians, he honored Col. George Washington, who commanded the troops When the Indians returned to the Fort, they brought with them twelve or A few weeks before this Col. Bouquet, from his post at Fort Ligonier, Just sixty days after the taking of Fort Duquesne, William Pitt wrote a there, that Ecuyer wrote to Col. Bouquet, "We are so crowded in the fort points--Gen. Bradstreet was to advance by way of the lakes, and Col. Bouquet from Fort Pitt. Fort Pitt at that time was under the command of Capt. the Fort was erected in 1759 and 60, but by Col. Bouquet in 1764. THE BLOCK HOUSE OF FORT PITT ./cache/40037.txt ./txt/40037.txt