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  2. Fort William and Mary - Wikipedia

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    Fort William and Mary sketch by Wolfgang William Romer (1705). On December 14, 1774, local Patriots from the Portsmouth area, led by local political leader and rebel activist John Langdon, stormed the post (overcoming a six-man caretaker detachment) and seized the garrison's gunpowder supply, which was distributed to local militia through several New Hampshire towns for potential use in the ...

  3. Capture of Fort William and Mary - Wikipedia

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    After the British abandoned the fort in the Revolution, the Patriots probably renamed it Fort Hancock. [12] The plaque currently on the fort is dedicated "In commemoration of the first victory of the American Revolution. The capture, on this site of Fort William and Mary, 14–15 December 1774." [13]

  4. Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth - Wikipedia

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    Fort William and Mary by Wolfgang William Romer (1705). Fort Constitution in the 19th century. Battery Farnsworth, 8-inch disappearing gun emplacement, Fort Constitution. The first fort in the Portsmouth area was Fort William and Mary (called The Castle until circa 1692) in New Castle, [8] initially garrisoned before 1632 and perhaps the oldest continuously fortified site in the British ...

  5. HMS Canceaux (1764) - Wikipedia

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    In December 1774 HMS Canceaux, under the command of Lt. Henry Mowat, [3] attempted to restore order to Fort William and Mary following the seizure of supplies by colonial forces led by Paul Revere. The fort, located on New Castle Island near Portsmouth, New Hampshire , was seen as essential to reasserting control over the insurrection mounting ...

  6. Powder Alarm - Wikipedia

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    On December 12, intelligence received by Paul Revere indicated that a seizure of stores at Fort William and Mary in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was imminent. He rode from Boston to Portsmouth the next day to notify the local Patriots, who quickly raided the fort on December 14 and removed its supplies. Revere's intelligence had been incorrect ...

  7. Shadrach Walton - Wikipedia

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    Walton commanded Fort William and Mary before 1684, and again from 1697 to 1708. He was appointed ensign in 1690, when New Hampshire and Massachusetts were reunited. He was a selectman of Portsmouth town from 1688 to 1692. He served as a judge of the Court of Common Pleas from 1695-1698, and again 1716-1733.

  8. Category:Colonial forts in New Hampshire - Wikipedia

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    Fort Wentworth; Fort William and Mary This page was last edited on 28 June 2022, at 10:48 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...

  9. File:Fort William and Mary, 1705.jpg - Wikipedia

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    All following user names refer to en.wikipedia. 2006-03-02 16:23 Hugh Manatee 1106×423×8 (96866 bytes) Fort William and Mary, New Castle, NH; from "An Explanation on the Prospect Draft of Fort William and Mary on Piscataqua River in ye Province of New Hampshire on the Continent of America," 1705.