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A Short History of Pittsburgh : 1758-1908 · Samuel Harden Church — chapter 12 of 22 · ~167 words · public domain

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Diehl, William J., Mayor, 52

Dinwiddie, Governor, sends Washington to Pittsburgh, 14

Donnelly, H. G., 114

Doumer, Paul, 95

Duckwell, E. W., 117

Dunfermline, 28

Dunmore, Governor, opens land office in Pittsburgh, 35

Duquesne, Fort, built and named by French, 20; captured by English, 29; blown up and burned by French, 29; taken possession of by English, 29; name changed to Fort Pitt, 29

East Liberty Academy, 102

Ecuyer, Simon, leads attack on Fort Pitt, 35

Elgar, Sir Edward, 96

Emancipation Proclamation, 53

England, war with France, 15

Enlart, Camille, 95

Fang, Wu Ting, 95

Farragut, Admiral, visits Pittsburgh, 58

Fleishman, S. L., 120

Forbes, General, captures Fort Duquesne, 14; names captured fort Pittsburgh, 14, 29; his letter to Pitt announcing capture and renaming of Fort Duquesne, 29

Ford, Henry J., 118

Ford, Henry P., Mayor, 52

Foster, J. Heron, 116

Foster, Stephen C., 106

Founder's Day, 95

France, war with England, 15

Franklin, Benjamin, 21

Fremont, John C., 57

French Revolution, 43

Frew, William N., 94

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