Pittsburgh

Council Fires on the Upper Ohio: A Narrative of Indian Affairs in the Upper Ohio Valley until 1795 — University of Pittsburgh Press (Randolph C. Downes)

Classic study of American Indian diplomacy centered on Fort Pitt and the Upper Ohio Valley during and after the Revolution. Draws on extensive primary sources from the Pittsburgh region.

Fort Pitt Garrison Orderly Books and Correspondence, 1775-1781 — Pennsylvania State Archives

Military records of the Continental garrison at Fort Pitt documenting supply shortages, Indian diplomacy, and frontier defense operations in the Ohio Valley during the Revolution.

Fort Pitt Museum: Research Collections and Interpretive Materials — Fort Pitt Museum / Senator John Heinz History Center

The Fort Pitt Museum holds the primary collection of artifacts and documentary materials from the Revolutionary-era occupation of the site at the forks of the Ohio. Research library available to scholars.

Papers of Generals Edward Hand and Daniel Brodhead: Fort Pitt Commands, 1777-1781 — Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Correspondence of the two successive American commanders at Fort Pitt. Hand and Brodhead's papers document the western theater's complexities: British-allied tribes, Loyalist rangers, and supply crises.

The American Revolution in Indian Country: Crisis and Diversity in Native American Communities — Cambridge University Press (Colin G. Calloway)

Scholarly study placing Fort Pitt at the center of the Western theater's complex diplomacy. Draws on Native American oral traditions alongside British and American documentary sources.

George Rogers Clark's Memoir of His Illinois Campaign, 1779 — Historical Collections of Ohio (James A. James, ed.)

Clark's retrospective account of his 1778-79 campaigns across the Ohio and Mississippi valleys, which were supplied and supported from Fort Pitt. Primary document for the western theater.

Heinz History Center: Western Pennsylvania Revolutionary War Collections — Senator John Heinz History Center

Regional history center with extensive holdings on the Pittsburgh area during the Revolution, including frontier family papers, treaty documents, and records of the Continental Army's western operations.

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission: Fort Pitt Documentation — Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

State agency documentation of Fort Pitt's remaining bastion, the only surviving structure from the Revolutionary-era fortification. Archaeological survey reports and historical site analysis.

The Pennsylvania Frontier in the Revolution — Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography

Peer-reviewed articles on the western Pennsylvania frontier experience during the Revolution. Covers Fort Pitt's role, the Brodhead Expedition, and the Delaware and Wyandot diplomacy.

Fort Pitt -- Wikipedia — Wikipedia

General reference overview of Fort Pitt's history from the French and Indian War through the Revolution. Useful for orientation.

Visit Pittsburgh: Fort Pitt and Revolutionary War History — Visit Pittsburgh

Tourism guide to Pittsburgh's Revolutionary War heritage. Practical visitor information for Fort Pitt Museum and related sites.