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    Fort Machault (/mɑːˈʃɔːl/, French: [maʃol]) was a fort built by the French in 1754 near the confluence of French Creek with the Allegheny River, in northwest...
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    northwest Pennsylvania. The fort was part of a line that included Fort Presque Isle, Fort Machault, and Fort Duquesne. The fort was located about 15 miles...
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  • Machault or de Machault may refer to: Machault, Ardennes, Ardennes département Machault, Seine-et-Marne, Seine-et-Marne département Charles-François de...
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    Country, and was part of a line that included Fort Le Boeuf, Fort Machault, and Fort Duquesne. The fort was built as part of the French military occupation...
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    Boeuf, about 15 miles south in present-day Waterford, Pennsylvania, and Fort Machault, on the Allegheny River in Venango County in present-day Franklin, Pennsylvania...
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  • Fort Venango was a small British fort built in 1760 near the present-day site of Franklin, Pennsylvania. It replaced Fort Machault, a French fort built...
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    further north on Fort Machault (later, Ft. Venango; modern-day Franklin, PA.) Finding himself in an under-manned, flood-prone fort in a weak defensive...
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    three forts, including at Fort Machault until July 1759, when they surrendered Fort Niagara to the British. At that time, the commander of Fort Presque...
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  • a French army officer and interpreter in New France who established Fort Machault in the 18th century. During his career, he largely served as a diplomat...
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  • Bibb Fort Bowyer Fort Carney Fort Claiborne Fort Condé, open to the public Fort Crawford Fort Dale Fort Decatur Fort Easley Fort Gaines Fort Glass Fort Hampton...
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  • Ligonier Fort Loudoun Fort Machault Fort McIntosh Fort Mifflin Fort Necessity Fort Piper Fort Pitt Fort Presque Isle Fort Prince George Fort Robert Smalls...
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    or "Breakneck Creek", a name adopted by travelers between Fort Duquesne and Fort Machault, and by the English-speaking pioneers of the original township...
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    men south to Fort Machault in mid-June as part of a plan to reinforce the French forts of the Ohio Country and attack the British at Fort Pitt. The forces...
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  • cabin and his forge had been incorporated by the French into the new Fort Machault.: 48  By August 1753 Fraser had established a new trading post at the...
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    warriors, and some artillery was advancing from Fort Machault, intending to attack Mercer's Fort and Fort Ligonier.: 67, 190  The French were only a day's...
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    before going to Fort Machault. George Woods, (father-in-law of Pennsylvania senator James Ross), was captured during the assault on Fort Bigham on 11 June...
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    journal of 1754. When Washington arrived in the village of Venango (Fort Machault), Custaloga was in charge of the wampum of his nation. This wampum was...
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  • abandoned all four forts. The British rebuilt all four again during 1759, renaming Fort Machault as Fort Venango, and Fort Duquesne as Fort Pitt. Thus the...
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    Fort Machault on December 4. The commander there, Captain Philippe-Thomas de Joncaire, directed Washington to his superior officer, stationed at Fort...
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    Bellingham Fort Massac Fort St. Nicholas Fort Prudhomme Fort Sakisdac Fort Venango Fort Machault Fort Orleans Fort Mackinac Fort St. Croix Fort Biloxi Fort Toulouse...
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  • Chauvignerie, 15-year-old son of Michel Maray de La Chauvignerie, commander of Fort Machault. He had gone out 12 days earlier with a raiding party of seven Native...
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    official amphibian of Pennsylvania.” Bridge in Rockdale Township Fort Machault Fort Venango List of rivers of New York List of rivers of Pennsylvania...
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  • Charles-François de Machault de Belmont (c. 1640 – 1709) was a French Navy officer and colonial administrator who served as governor general of the French...
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    fortified sites in Pennsylvania, including Fort Le Boeuf, Fort Presque Isle, Fort Machault, and the pivotal Fort Duquesne, located near the present site...
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    This is a list of forts in New France built by the French government or French chartered companies in what later became Canada, Saint Pierre and Miquelon...
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    the Pays d'en Haut were four forts: Fort Presque Isle (1753), Fort Le Boeuf (1753), Fort Duquesne (1754), and Fort Machault (1754). Today, the term Les...
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    build a road and construct a series of forts (Fort Presque Isle, Fort Le Boeuf, Fort Machault), and later, Fort Duquesne. The Ohio Iroquois had been reluctant...
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  • the site of Mormon Fort Franklin (1860–1863) Franklin, Pennsylvania, built on the site of the late-18th century French Fort Machault, which was rebuilt...
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  • retreated to Fort Machault, from which he continued to direct harassing raids against the British in 1759. He was organizing an expedition against Fort Pitt (the...
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    he was taken by them to Fort Machault, a journey on foot and by boat which took 17 days. The following day he was taken to Fort Presque Isle. Three days...
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