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Fort Lebanon (known after July 1757 as Fort William) was a Pennsylvania stockade fort built in December 1755 and designed to provide protection for settlers' families during the French and Indian War. However, Native American war parties often attacked nearby farms and killed settlers, disappearing before the fort's troops could respond.
Lebanon (/ ˈ l ɛ b ən ə n / LEB-ən-ən) is the only city in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 14,282 at the 2020 census, [4] up from 13,151 at the 2010 census. [5] Lebanon is in western New Hampshire, south of Hanover, near the Connecticut River.
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[2]: 135 Located halfway between Fort Allen and Fort Lebanon, [3]: 243 it was one in a chain of defensive posts running from the New Jersey border, southwest to the Maryland border, when attacks on settlements were frequent at the beginning of the French and Indian War. [4] The fort never saw military action and was abandoned in late 1757.
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