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reinforcements, he blew up the fort, set fire to the adjacent buildings and drew his garrison away.
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BLOCKHOUSE OF FORT PITT. BUILT IN 1764.
On Saturday, November 25, 1758, the English took possession of the place, and on the next day General Forbes wrote to Governor Denny from "Fort Duquesne, now Pittsburgh, the 26th of November, 1758," and this was the first use of that name. On this same Sunday the Rev. Mr. Beatty, a Presbyterian chaplain, preached a sermon in thanksgiving for the
