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" As I got down before the canoe, I spent some time in viewing the rivers and the land in the fork, which I think extremely well situated for a Fort, as it has the absolute command of both rivers. "
The Writings of George Washington: pt.i. Official letters relating to the ... - Page 430
by George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834
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Progressive Pennsylvania: A Record of the Remarkable Industrial Development ...

James Moore Swank - 1908 - 388 pages
...Washington, as he says in his journal, "spent some time in viewing the rivers [Monongahela and Allegheny] and the land in the fork, which I think extremely well situated for a fort." The Ohio Company had previously selected a site for a fort on the left bank of the Ohio, two miles...
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Memory's Milestones: Reminiscences of Seventy Years of a Busy Life in Pittsburgh

Percy Frazer Smith - 1918 - 352 pages
...while he studied the situation. He then descended to the river, and here is what I find in his record : "As I got down before the canoe, I spent some time...think extremely well situated for a fort, as it has absolute command of both rivers. The land at the point is 25 feet above the common surface of the water...
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The Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine, Volumes 11-12

1928 - 590 pages
...baggage, to meet us at the forks of the Ohio, about ten miles below, there to cross the Allegheny. As I got down before the canoe I spent some time in viewing the rivers, and the land in the forks, which I think extremely well situated for a fort, as it has the absolute command of both rivers....
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The Story of Young George Washington

Wayne Whipple - 1918 - 294 pages
...observation : "As I got down before the canoe I spent some time in viewing the rivers, and the land at the Fork, which I think extremely well situated for...fort, as it has the absolute command of both rivers, which are a quarter of a mile or more across, and run very nearly at right angles." Not far from this...
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The Story of Young George Washington

Wayne Whipple - 1918 - 280 pages
...was called. In the diary which he kept of this journey he wrote the following shrewd observation : "As I got down before the canoe I spent some time in viewing the rivers, and the land at the Fork, which I think extremely well situated for a fort, as it has the absolute command of both...
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History of Pittsburgh and Environs, Volume 1

George Thornton Fleming - 1922 - 642 pages
...situation at the Forks striking, for he wrote (Journal, Nov. 22, 1753): As I got down before the horses I spent some time in viewing the rivers and the land...which I think extremely well situated for a fort. The land at the point is twenty-five feet above the common surface of the water and a considerable...
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The Diaries of George Washington, 1748-1799, Volume 1

George Washington - 1925 - 492 pages
...Monongahela, with our Baggage, to meet us at the Forks of Ohio, about 10 miles, there to cross the Alighany. As I got down before the Canoe I spent some time in...absolute Command of both Rivers. The Land at the Point is 20 or 25 Feet above the common Surface of the Water; and a considerable Bottome of flat, well-timbered...
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Americana Illustrated, Volume 19

National Americana Society - 1925 - 856 pages
...met the canoe. It was while at "the Forks," on November 23d, that Washington wrote in his Journal, "As I got down before the canoe, I spent some time in viewing the land in the fork, which I think extremely well situated for a fort; as it has the absolute command...
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Pennsylvania: A History, Volume 4

George Patterson Donehoo - 1926 - 616 pages
...its situation. He says in his journal, after the trip from Frazier's, at the mouth of Turtle Creek : "As I got down before the canoe, I spent some time...absolute command of both rivers. The land at the point is twenty-five feet above the common surface of the water; and a considerable bottom of flat, well-timbered...
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Pennsylvania: A History, Volume 2

George Patterson Donehoo - 1926 - 562 pages
...they met the canoe. It was while at "the Forks," on November 23, that Washington wrote in his journal: "As I got down before the canoe, I spent some time in viewing the land in the fork, which I think extremely well situated for a fort; as it has the absolute command...
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