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Fort Swatara (various spellings, sometimes referred to as Smith's Fort) was a stockaded blockhouse built during the French and Indian War in what is now Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Initially a farmstead surrounded by a stockade, provincial troops occupied it in January 1756. The fort safeguarded local farms, but a number of settlers were ...
Captain Smith and his company were mustered into provincial service early in January 1756 and were ordered to establish a defense or occupy and improve the existing defense at Swatara and Manada. [4]: 341 As in the case of Fort Hunter, the settlers at Manada Gap had already constructed a stockaded blockhouse in late 1755. The garrison, probably ...
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On September 10, 2011, Freeman's held an auction that brought $3.5 million for an Imperial white jade seal from the Qianlong period, triple the highest sale in the company's history. [9] Other notable auction records set at Freeman's include a sculpture by Wharton Esherick as part of their annual Pennsylvania Sale in November 2014. [10]
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The fort was abandoned after the end of Pontiac's War and fell into ruins. [7] The community of Fort Hunter, Pennsylvania was established nearby after 1787. [8] The property was purchased in 1787 by Archibald McAllister, who built his home there. [1] It still stands and is known as the Archibald McAllister House. [4]
Fort Robinson (often spelled Robison or Robeson and frequently referred to in contemporary documents as George Robinson's Fort or simply Robinson's Fort) was a stockaded blockhouse fort built in 1755 in the colonial Province of Pennsylvania for the security of settlers moving into the area following the Albany Congress.
Texas Civil War Museum near Fort Worth is closing. ... $20 million-$25 million and “may be the biggest private collection ever put on the market,” said the owner of a Pennsylvania auction ...