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	John Forbes (General) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		John Forbes (1710 – March 11, 1759) was a British general in the French and Indian War.
		Forbes was born in, Fife, Scotland in 1710.
		General Edward Braddock had tried and failed to capture the fortress in 1755, with disastrous consequence for both the British army and Braddock personally, who was mortally wounded in an ambush.
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	John Forbes (General) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Forbes (5 September 1707 – March 11, 1759) was a British general in the French and Indian War.
		Forbes was born in Pittencrief, Fife, Scotland in 1707.
		General Edward Braddock had tried and failed to capture the fort in 1755, with disastrous consequences for both the British army and Braddock himself, who was mortally wounded in an ambush.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Forbes_(General) (721 words)

	AllRefer.com - John Forbes (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		John Forbes 1710–59, British general in the French and Indian Wars, b.
		Forbes decided not to use the road that Gen. Edward Braddock had taken to his disastrous defeat on the same mission in 1755.
		George Washington was given command of one of the three brigades into which Forbes then divided his army to assure fullest mobility in a quick thrust at Duquesne.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/F/Forbes-J.html (386 words)

	John Forbes (General) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		John Forbes (1710 – March 11, 1759) was a British general in the (A war in North America between France and Britain (both aided by indian tribes); 1755-1760) French and Indian War.
		Forbes chose Lt. Colonel (1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)) George Washington, who had been a member of Braddock’s campaign, to be his aide.
		General Forbes died in (The largest city in Pennsylvania; located in the southeastern part of the state on the Delaware river; site of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed; site of the University of Pennsylvania) Philadelphia on March 11, 1759.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/J/Jo/John_Forbes_(General)1.htm (931 words)

	General John Forbes established Pittsburgh PA in 1758
		General John Forbes was a genuine British and American hero and made a significant contribution to their military history less than two decades before the American Revolution.
		General Braddock lost his life and his aide, George Washington (pictured) then 23 years old and at the time a British Army Captain, was lucky to escape capture in the defeat.
		General Forbes granted permission to his aide George Washington, by then an acting Colonel and in command of the Virginia recruited militia, to interrupt briefly his military duties to begin his serious courting of the widow Martha Dandridge Custis, whom he married in 1759.
	www.treasuresofbritain.org /generaljohnforbes.htm (2810 words)

	Forbes Funds, Copeland Fund, Tropman Fund, Wishart Fund, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
		Forbes is a familiar and historical name in the Pittsburgh region.
		General John Forbes commanded the British and Colonial troops who captured Fort Duquesne from the French in November 1758.
		General Forbes could have honored, or had himself honored, by giving to this city the name Forbesburgh.
	www.forbesfunds.org /about/aboutourname.cfm (269 words)

	John Armstrong
		John Armstrong was born October 13, 1717 in Brookborough Parish, Fermanaugh County, Ireland.
		British Officer, General John Forbes, was given complete command of the expedition against Fort Duquesne.
		Forbes advanced with his troops and came to an outpost named Loyalhanna, about fifty miles from the Fort.
	www.ushistory.org /valleyforge/served/armstrong.html (1373 words)

	Scots in Science and Invention
		John Melish (1771-1822), geographer, was born in Perthshire, Scotland, and died in Philadelphia.
		John MacArthur, born in Bladenoch, Wigtownshire, Scotland, 1823, came to the United States at the age of ten and became the most noted architect in Philadelphia.
		John Muir (1838-1914), geologist and explorer, was born in Dunbar, and came with his parents to the United States when eleven years old and settled on a farm in Wisconsin.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/descendants/chap18.htm (2933 words)

	John Forbes Biography / Biography of John Forbes Biography Biography
		The British general John Forbes (1710-1759) commanded the expedition that captured Ft. Duquesne during the French and Indian War.
		Little is known of John Forbes's early life other than that he was the son of Col. John Forbes of Fifeshire, Scotland.
		Among the trials that beset Forbes were the reluctance of the Pennsylvania Assembly and the refusal of the Maryland Legislature to appropriate funds.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-john-forbes/index.html (495 words)

	Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Daily e-Calendar
		Forbes Road, constructed in 1758 under the command of General John Forbes, extended 200 miles through the western Pennsylvania wilderness.
		General John Forbes was given the task of capturing Fort Duquesne at the “Forks of the Ohio” (present day Point State Park in Pittsburgh) from the French.
		Forbes ordered the construction of a road from Fort Bedford to Hanna's Town (near Greensburg) to facilitate the movement of troops and supplies.
	www.wpconline.org /dailyphotos/wpc-d-7-18.asp (359 words)

	Fort Pitt Museum, Page 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Forbes employed the practice of "protective advance," or erecting supporting forts at regular intervals along his route.
		The campaign began in spring and by the beginning of September, Forbes' army was fifty miles from Fort Duquesne where the troops stopped and built a fort a Loyalhanna (not long afterward renamed Fort Ligonier).
		Within a week, General Forbes departed with the main body of his army, charging Colonel Hugh Mercer with the command of two hundred provincials to maintain British control of the Forks of the Ohio.
	www.phmc.state.pa.us /ppet/pitt/page4.asp?secid=31 (789 words)

	John Murray Forbes
		Forbes served as the President of the Michigan Central Railroad from 1846 to 1855.
		Forbes was well-informed of the value of this region as, five years earlier, Louis Agassiz of Harvard College, Forbes's friend from the Boston Saturday Club, had led an expedition through the area noting the best timber and mining lands.
		Forbes later said, "That speech changed my whole feeling with regard to it, though the bigotry and pigheadedness of the abolitionists prevented me acting with them." He supplied money and weapons to New Englanders sent to fight slavery in Kansas and in 1859 entertained John Brown.
	www.uua.org /uuhs/duub/articles/johnforbes.html (1932 words)

	Encyclopedia: John Forbes (General) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Events January 1 - John V is crowned King of Portugal March 26 - The Act of Union becomes law, making the separate Kingdoms of England and Scotland into one country, the Kingdom of Great Britain.
		Forbes was born in Pittencrief, Fife, Scotland in 1710.
		The Battle of Fort Duquesne was a failed attempt by elements of General John Forbes British-American army to capture French Fort Duquesne during the Seven Years War (French and Indian War in the United States).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/John-Forbes-(General) (1545 words)

	General Forbes' Road to War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Within two weeks, however, the circumstances besetting Forbes' army underwent so dramatic a change that his expedition would stand out, in the words of historian Lewis C. Walkinshaw, as "one of the greatest in American history." Appreciating this paradox may be counted among the essential challenges confronting scholars of the French and Indian War.
		Notwithstanding Colonel John Armstrong's destruction of the Delaware staging point of Kittanning in the autumn of 1756 -- a great morale-booster to the people of the Pennsylvania frontier -- the French and their allies continued to harass the frontier with lightning guerrilla raids.
		Forbes wanted to take a shorter route, using only one easy crossing (of the Juniata), which could also give him easier access to Pennsylvania's fertile eastern farmlands and its busy port.
	www.thehistorynet.com /mh/blgeneral_forbes (1289 words)

	Ballparks of Baseball-Forbes Field-Pittsburgh Pirates
		Forbes Field became one of the first ballparks to have luxury suites, which were located on the third tier of the grandstand.
		In 1925, because of increasing attendance, the double decked grandstand was extended down and around the right field foul pole, increasing the capacity to 35,000, and reducing the fence from 376 to 300 feet.
		Forbes Field was damaged by two fires before being demolished in 1971.
	www.ballparksofbaseball.com /past/ForbesField.htm (549 words)

	BedFlag
		In the summer of 1758 a fort was constructed by General Forbes along the south side of the Juniata River in what was then Cumberland County in the Province of Pennsylvania.
		The flag, according to a letter written on 21 October, 1922 by John M. Reynolds to Dr. Thomas L. Montgomery, the Librarian of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, was taken from the fort by Anthony Stiffler.
		It was kept in the possession of the descendants of Anthony Stiffler and traced to Hugh D. Moore, one of those descendants residing in Nebraska in the early 1900s.
	www.motherbedford.com /BedFlag.htm (1671 words)

	Forbes, John on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		John Forbes Kerry is shown in this copy photo from the 1966 class book.
		John Forbes Kerry is shown in this 1962 Sixth Form Year book from St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire.
		John Forbes Kerry, 4th from right, is shown in this 1962 Sixth Form Year book from St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, with members of the Old Hundred Soccer Champions team.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/F/Forbes-J1.asp (1031 words)

	French & Indian War Print Images (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In November, General John Forbes seized Fort Duquesne and drove the French from the Ohio Valley forever.
		Forbes called a staff meeting on November 11th when it was decided to stay the winter at Fort Ligonier.
		Forbes went on to predict that this newly-won territory “will soon be the richest and most fertile of any possessed by the British in North America”.
	www.alleghenylandtrust.org /FIW/FIWPrintImages.html (947 words)

	Juan Forbes (General) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		General Edward Braddock había intentado y no pudo capturar la fortaleza en 1755, con la consecuencia desastrosa para el ejército británico y Braddock personalmente, que mortally fue herido en un ambush.
		Forbes eligió a teniente coronel George Washington, que había sido un miembro de la campaña de Braddock, para ser su asistente.
		Forbes podía calmar la disensión acordando mejorar ambos caminos, pero viaja la ruta de Pennsylvania, que era más larga, pero requirió pocas travesías del río y podría ser defendido más fácilmente.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/ju/Juan%20Forbes%20%28General%29.htm (827 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: FORBES, JOHN
		Forbes murdered one or two Mexican women, took prisoners without justification, and reportedly took a gold snuffbox from the dead body of a Mexican colonel.
		Forbes was placed in charge of the spoils of war and acquired Santa Anna's sword.
		Forbes died on February 10, 1880, in Nacogdoches, and was survived by two daughters, who buried him beside his wife in the Oak Grove Cemetery.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/FF/ffo8.html (558 words)

	Volume 6 - Chapter 7: Arthur St. Clair
		At the beginning of the French and Indian war, General James Wolf raised an army for the purpose of capturing Quebec and Canada from the French.
		He arrived in America with the army of General John Forbes, He served in the Sixteenth Royal American Regiment, organized by the Duke of Cumberland after the f all of Quebec.
		General Forbes recognized this man's ability in 1758, thus he recommended that he supervise the building of a military road from Fort Ligonier to Kittanning for protection.
	www.everettarea.org /tales/v06/v06c07.htm (1021 words)

	Forbes Field
		Boquet Street was named for General Henry Bouquet, a Swiss soldier who fought for the British in the French and Indian War’s decisive battle at Fort Duquesne.
		The field was named for General John Forbes, a British general in the French and Indian War who captured Fort Duquesne and renamed it Fort Pitt in 1758.
		It was reported in the papers several days later that the final blow, which was the first ever to clear the then 10 year old right field roof, came to rest on the roof of 318 Boquet Street, a rowhouse which survives to this day.
	www.ballparks.com /baseball/national/forbes.htm (1125 words)

	John Forbes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Forbes (1710-1759), British General in the French and Indian War
		John M. Forbes (1813-1898), American banker and railroad president
		This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Forbes (97 words)

	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pittsburgh generally has among the lowest, if not the lowest crime rates of any comparably sized city in the United States.
		General aviation enthusiasts may prefer Allegheny County Airport, a 1920s art-deco marvel that once hosted Charles Lindbergh and now handles 139,000 private and corporate-jet flights a year.
		The earliest known reference to the settlement was found in a letter sent from General John Forbes to William Pitt dated "Pittsbourgh, 27th November, 1758".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pittsburgh (4604 words)

	Fort Necessity-French and Indian War Education Program
		Langlade was among the leaders of the American Indians at General Braddock’s defeat in 1755 and again at the capture of Fort William Henry in 1757.
		In 1758 he was second in command to General John Forbes on the expedition to capture Fort Duquesne at the Forks of the Ohio.
		John Forbes was born in Scotland in 1710.
	www.nps.gov /fone/classroom/fiwar/biography_5th.htm (9423 words)

	Ligonier Highland Games
		The first Scottish tartan kilt was first seen in the Laurel Highlands of western Pennsylvania in the year 1758 when soldiers of the famous 42nd Highland Regiment (Black Watch), under the command of General John Forbes, marched westward from Philadelphia to wrest control of the fort at the forks of the Ohio from the French.
		General Forbes led his troops to a victory that saw the French fleeing the area never to return.
		Fort Duquesne was burned to the ground, and over its ashes rose a settlement named "Pittsburgh" by Forbes in honor of William Pitt, the British Prime Minister, who had proven to be a friend to the Scots.
	www.loc.gov /bicentennial/propage/PA/pa-12_h_murtha6.html (994 words)

	How to Spell Pittsburgh
		General John Forbes named the city in honor of William Pitt, the Elder.
		(For example, Edinburgh.) General Forbes was a Scot and would have used this form, probably pronouncing it "Pitts-burro," just as Edinburgh is pronounced "Edin-burro." Acts of the Legislature, 22 April 1794, incorporating Pittsburgh as a town, and 5 March 1804, incorporating Pittsburgh as a borough, used the h.
		Letter of General John Forbes to William Pitt, 27 November 1758
	www.clpgh.org /exhibit/hname.html (374 words)

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		Forbes opted for the Raystown Path, which was closer to the Forks, but would require considerable effort to render it passable for an army of 6,000 men, artillery, and supplies.
		Forbes and his second-in-command, Colonel Henry Bouquet, took six months to complete the task, relying on the labor of their troops and workers recruited from the Pennsylvania population.
		Forbes Road (Raystown Path) #3 in Fulton County at US 522,.2 mile Southwest of Burnt Cabins.
	www.explorepahistory.com /hmarker.php?markerId=136 (366 words)

	Forbes State Forest, a Pennsylvania State Park near Frostburg, Greensburg
		The Forbes State Forest was named in honor of General John Forbes who, 1757 ordered the construction of a road from Bedford to Fort Pitt for the movement of an expeditionary Army.
		Forbes State Forest - Under the PA Forest Lands Beautification Program, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) has teamed up with nonprofit PA CleanWays to remove illegally dumped...
		Forbes State Forest, Skyline Drive Cleanup - Under the PA Forest Lands Beautification Program, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) has teamed up with nonprofit PA CleanWays to remove illegally dumped...
	www.stateparks.com /forbes.html (314 words)

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