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Fort William Henry (Maine)

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The Fort was surrendered, and Capt Weems went off and soon after the Indians set on fire the fort & houses which made a terrible blast, and was a melancholy sight to us poor captives who were sad spectators.
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assisted in the construction. The fort was built with walls that were 10 to 22 feet in height and a stone bastion which was 29 feet in height. The fort was armed with 20 cannon and a garrison of 60 soldiers.
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The state acquired the site in 1902, and in 1908 rebuilt the tower of Fort William Henry under guidance of historian John Henry Cartland, using many original stones. In 1969, the fort was listed on the
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and his family near the fort and took him captive before burning the fort in August 1689. Gyles published his experience years later and described the destruction of the fort:
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by bands of Penobscot and Norridgewock. They took captive a woman, which alarmed the garrison but she escaped. The fort withstood two attacks in 1747.
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Memoirs of odd adventures, strange deliverances, &c. in the captivity of John Gyles, Esq; commander of the garrison on St. George's River
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The first fort on this site was Abraham Shurte's Fort (1630–1633), a palisaded trading post that was burned down by pirates under
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Alfred E. Kayworth, Raymond G. Potvin. The scalp hunters: Abenaki ambush at Lovewell Pond, 1725, p. 104
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In 1775, the town dismantled the fort to prevent it from becoming a British stronghold during the
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on December 1, 1969. Fort William Henry is now operated as a museum about the fort's history.
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The English regained their authority over the region by building Fort William Henry.
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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on September 5, 1813. The fort was occupied by the British twice during the war.
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The fort was attacked by a combined force of French and Native Americans in the
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Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York
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Construction of the fort was ordered by Massachusetts Governor Sir
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From Migrant to Acadian: A North American Border People, 1604-1755
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and cost £20,000 to build. The English colonial militia leader
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View of Fort House and foundation remnants of Fort Frederick
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settlement, which marked the effective southern boundary of
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Fort William Henry (Pemaquid Beach, Maine)
New York
Fort William Henry
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District
Contributing Property

Fort William Henry (Maine) is located in Maine
Fort William Henry (Maine) is located in the United States
New Harbor, Maine
43°52′39″N 69°31′29″W / 43.87750°N 69.52472°W / 43.87750; -69.52472
Pemaquid Archeological Site
ID69000022
69000021
New Harbor
Bristol, Maine
New France
Siege of Pemaquid (1696)
National Register of Historic Places
Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site
musket
Dixie Bull
Northwest Coast Campaign (1676)
King Philip's War
Northeast Coast Campaign (1677)
King Philips War
Treaty of Casco (1678)
Anthony Brockholst
was captured
King William's War

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