Fort William and Mary becomes Fort Constitution: Historical New Hampshire/ by Harriet S. Lacy.
- Title:
- Fort William and Mary becomes Fort Constitution: Historical New Hampshire/ by Harriet S. Lacy.
- Author:
- Lacy, Harriet S.,
- Call Number:
- 977.8 N5321h
- Publication Information:
- Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1974.
- Physical Description:
- p. 281-294: illustrations.
- Source:
- Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1974 Vol. 29, Issue 4 (Winter 1974) Historical New Hampshire
- Description:
- Stripped of its great guns in 1775, Fort William and Mary went unused during the American Revolution. Afterwards it was used to monitor shipping. In 1789 the United States assumed responsibility for the adjacent lighthouse. Between 1794 and 1796 the federal government undertook repairs to the fort under the Act establishing the US Navy. Expensive improvements, begun in 1800, continued over the next eight years. In 1801 the name Fort Constitution first appears in the reports of the Secretary of War.
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