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The British Government, as the trouble with the colonies increased, deemed it advisable to abandon Fort Pitt and withdraw the troops. Maj. Edmond Stone, then in command, sold the build- ings and material October 10, 1772, to Alexander Ross and William Thompson, for fifty pounds New York currency. The fort was evacuated bv the British forces in October, 1772, and in January, 1774, troops from Virginia sent by the Governor, Lord Dunmore, under command of Dr. James Connelly, took possession and ch...anged the name to Fort Dunmore. Dr. Connelly was arrested by Arthur St. Clair, then a magistrate of West- moreland County, of which Allegheny County was at that time a part, and put in jail, but was soon released on bail. He went back to Virginia, but shortly re- turned with civil and military authority to enforce the laws of Virginia. This contest continued for several years, imtil a prominent citizen wi'ote to Governor Penn : •' The deplorable state of affairs in this part of your government is truly distressing.
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