The attack on Fort William and Mary: Historical New Hampshire/ by Theodore Chase.
- Title:
- The attack on Fort William and Mary: Historical New Hampshire/ by Theodore Chase.
- Author:
- Chase, Theodore.
- Call Number:
- 977.8 N5321h
- Publication Information:
- Concord, N.H. : New Hampshire Historical Society, 1963.
- Physical Description:
- p. 20-34.
- Source:
- Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1963 Vol. 18 (April 1963) Historical New Hampshire
- Description:
- The article discusses the American attack on Fort William and Mary on an island off New Hampshire's Portsmouth Harbor preceding the American Revolutionary War. It particularly examines the leadership of later U.S. Senator John Langdon and U.S. Revolutionary War General John Sullivan. The author explores the reaction of John Wentworth, New Hampshire's English royal governor. Other topics include the seizure of gunpowder from the fort and its distribution and the capture of ammunition at Fort George in Newport, Rhode Island.
- Subjects:
- United States History Revolution, 1775-1783. , Fort Constitution (N.H.) Capture, 1774. , Fort William and Mary (Newcastle, N.H.).
- Organizations:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Periodicals History.
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