Quaint and Historic Forts of North AmericaHammond, John Martin
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Quaint and Historic Forts of North America
Hammond, John Martin
Fortification -- North America; Fortification -- United States; Historic buildings -- United States
Philadelphia, Fort at, 173-179
Phips, Sir William, 29, 78, 79, 90, 108, 109
Pickens, Fort, Florida, 213
Pike, Lieutenant C. M., secures Fort Snelling reservation, 269
Pipon, Captain John, 29
Pitt, Fort, Block-house at Pittsburgh, 17
Plains of Abraham, 81
Port Henry, New York, 68
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Fort at, 161-166
Potrincourt, Baron, founds Annapolis Royal, 84, 85, 87
Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., 215-221
Presque Isle, a memorial of, 20
Principe Castle, Havana, 206
Pulaski, Fort, Georgia, 251-256
Putnam, Fort, 152
Putnam, General Israel, 148, 151
Quebec, 49, 51, 62;
Historic Forts at, 72-83
Redstone Old Fort, 21
Renault, Phillippe Francois de, introduces negro slavery to
Illinois, 11
Revere, Lieutenant Colonel Paul, 33, 100, 163
Ribaut, Jean, 192
Richelieu Cardinal, 73
Robinson, Col. Beverly, 156
Roxbury, Mass., 32
St. Augustine, Florida, Fort at, 190-200
St. Clair, General Arthur, 64
St. Denis, Juchereau de, 141, 142, 143
St. Frederic, Fort, New York, 67, 68, 69, 70
St. Louis, Fort, 14
St. Paul, Minn., foundation, 272
St. Philip, Fort, Louisiana, 263-267
Sam Houston, Fort, Texas, 279-284
Samoset sells land at Pemaquid, 106
San Antonio, Texas, Forts at, 284-289
San Carlos, Fort, Florida, 207-214
Sandusky, Ohio, 21
San Francisco, Cal., Presidio at, 215-221
San Marco, Fort, 197, 198
Scott, Fort Winfield, San Francisco, 220
Screven, Fort, Georgia, 254
Shippen, Margaret, 157-158
Shirley, William Governor of Mass., organizes expedition against
Louisburg, 3;
his list of instructions, 6, 53, 116, 125
Smith, Capt. John, sees Hampton Roads, 236
Snelling, Fort, Minn., 268-272
Stanwix, Fort, 129
Star Spangled Banner, 188
Starved Rock, Ill., 14
Stony Point, New York, 158-160
Sumter, Fort, South Carolina, 241-250
Ticonderoga, New York, 49-65, 147
Tracy, Uriah, 137
Travis, Col. William B., of the Alamo, 280
Trumbull, Fort, Conn., 167-172
Turnbull, Col. John, 33
Valesca, Luis de, his settlement at Pensacola Bay, 207
Valley Forge, 179
Vancouver, Fort, Washington, 290-294
Van Twiller, Wouter, or Walter, Governor of New Amsterdam, 37, 38
Vauban, 1, 56, 79
Vaudreuil, last Governor of New France, 81
Vaughan, William, of Damariscotta, suggests attack on Louisburg, 2;
his career, 3;
captures grand battery, 8, 9
Venango, 21
Vicksburg, Miss., 301
Vincennes, Ind., 12
Wadsworth, Peleg, 100, 102
Walker, Admiral Sir Hovenden, 81
Warren, Fort, 35
Washington, Fort, Valley Forge, Pa., 300
Washington, Fort, Cincinnati, Ohio, 24
Washington, George, 18, 32, 33, 129, 155, 157, 168, 176, 226, 228
Waterford, Pa., 20
Wayne, “Mad” Anthony, 145, 159
Wentworth, Sir John, Governor of New Hampshire, 162
West Point, New York, 147-160
White Hall, New York, 55
Wilkinson, James, 145
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