Fort Hunter is an

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in Middle Paxton Township,

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, United States. It is part of the

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. Six miles north of Harrisburg, on the south bank of Fishing Creek at its junction with the

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, near Rockville, stood Fort Hunter, named after Robert Hunter, a pioneer who had previously settled there. Its construction was probably commenced by the settlers ''circa'' October or November 1755, immediately after

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, and completed by the Government troops when taking charge in January, 1756. It was a block-house surrounded by a stockade, and had additional barracks on the outside for the recruits on their way to Fort Augusta. It was generally under the command of Captain Thomas McKee and Captain James Patterson, of Lt. Colonel

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's Augusta Regiment, being the only defense in this list not directly under Colonel Conrad Weiser's command. It occupied an important position and was used until the termination of all hostilities in 1764.

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Hunter Mansion and Park -http://www.forthunter.org
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