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Title: Antique views of ye towne of Boston
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Stark, James Henry
Subjects: Dwellings Historic buildings
Publisher: Boston : Published by ye Photo-electrotype engraving co. ...
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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own expense.However, after much debate, it was decided to grant a hundredpounds for its maintenance when it should be in defence and a gar-rison of twenty men residing in it. The work of rebuilding the(lastle was earnestly pressed, and Mr. Richard Davenport was ap-pointed to take command of the fort, which position he retainedtill July 10, 1004. when he was struck dead at the Castle by light-ning. He was succeeded by Capt Roger Clap, who remained incommand of the Castle for twenty-one years. March 21, 1074,the Castle, being chiefly built of wood, was accidently consumedby fire. A new fort was immediately built. In 108J, the fortwas taken from Governor Andros, without firing a gun. A newfort was built, in 1701, of brick, in a very substantial manner,and called Castle William, in honor of William the Third. Whenthe British evacuated Boston, they destroyed Castle William.After the provincial forces took possession, they repaired it and,in 1797, its name was changed to Fort Independence,
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ANTIQUE VIEWS OF BOSTON. 180 SOUTH BATTERY. As early as 1632, a fort was begun on the eminence then, calledCornhill, but soon changed to the Fort-Field, and finally to FortHill. The Bostonians were aided by their brethren in Charles-town, Roxbury and Dorchester; two years after, it was declared ina state of defence. This battery and fort acquired a celebrity asthe theatre of the seizure and deposition of Governor Andros, bythe train bands, who approached the hill by the rear and thendivided, a part going around by the water to the battery. A fewsoldiers in the works retreated up the hill to the main body, andthe towsmen turned the guns upon them. Andros was forced toyield himself a prisoner. The keys of the castle were next ex-torted from him, and the bloodless revolution was ended. The Sconce or. water-battery, which is shown in the foregroundof our illustration, was probably not built until sometime after themain work, perhaps at the time of the Dutch war. It was con-structed of who

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