Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Fort Pitt” in entry croghan-george of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...63, sent him to England to confer with the ministry about an Indian boundary-line.
On that voyage he was wrecked on the coast of France.
In May, 1776, Croghan founded a settlement 4 miles above Fort Pitt (now Pittsburg). He was active in securing the attachment of the Indians to the British interest until 1776, but took no active part in the events of the Revolution.
He died in Passayunk, Pa., in A...
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