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
William Henry, Fort, Mass., 109, 110
William and Mary, Fort, New Hampshire, 161-166
William Henry, Fort, New York, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 119
Winthrop, Fort, Boston, 26
Winthrop, Governor of Mass., 27, 34
Wolcott, Fort, Torpedo Station, 231
Wolfe, captures, Quebec, 81
Yorktown, Va., 64
Yuma, Fort, Cal., 295-298
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Transcriber’s note:
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been
corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within
the text and consultation of external sources.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text,
and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. For example:
headquarters, head-quarters; care-taker, caretaker; employees,
employés; emprize; rhymester; coehorns; repealment; gayety;
equinoctial.
Pg 26, ‘the frying fishes’ replaced by ‘the flying fishes’.
Pg 34, ‘is certaintly’ replaced by ‘is certainly’.
Pg 133, ‘the little setttlement’ replaced by ‘the little settlement’.
Pg 190, ‘by a barbacan’ replaced by ‘by a barbican’.
Pg 274, ‘Ogalla Sioux’ replaced by ‘Oglala Sioux’.
Pg 291, ‘periously close’ replaced by ‘perilously close’.
Pg 299, ‘his meagrely clad’ replaced by ‘his meagerly clad’.
Pg 301, ‘on the Mississpipi’ replaced by ‘on the Mississippi’.
Index:
‘Cadillac, La Moote’ replaced by ‘Cadillac, La Motte’.
‘St. Philip, Fort, Louisana’ replaced by
‘St. Philip, Fort, Louisiana’.
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