. Hand-book of the Boston and Hingham steamboat company .. . 1J .lUUulj. OlSriB OIF* THE LARGEST AND FINESTBeacli Holds in New Eiigkiid. Us Culinary Department Cannot be Surpassed, Atlantic House, ATLANTIC L. D^MON. Froprietor. Boston and Hinqham Steamboat Company. 19 northeast of the Island, upon a rising hill, very advantageousto make many shot at such ships as shall offer to enter the har-bor without their good leave and liking; the Commander of it. FORT INDEPENDENCE. is one Captain Davenport, a man approved for his faithfulnessand skill. The master cannoneer is an active engineer;
. Hand-book of the Boston and Hingham steamboat company .. . 1J .lUUulj. OlSriB OIF* THE LARGEST AND FINESTBeacli Holds in New Eiigkiid. Us Culinary Department Cannot be Surpassed, Atlantic House, ATLANTIC L. D^MON. Froprietor. Boston and Hinqham Steamboat Company. 19 northeast of the Island, upon a rising hill, very advantageousto make many shot at such ships as shall offer to enter the har-bor without their good leave and liking; the Commander of it. FORT INDEPENDENCE. is one Captain Davenport, a man approved for his faithfulnessand skill. The master cannoneer is an active engineer; also thecastle hath cost about four thousand pounds, yet are not this poorpilgrim people weary of maintaining it in good repair. It isof very good use to awe any insolent persons, that putting con-fidence in their ships and sails, shall offer any injury to the peo-ple or contemn their governments, and they have certain signalsof alarums Avliich suddenly spread through the whole the British evacuated Boston they destroyed CastleWilliam, as it Avas then called ; and after the Provincial forcestook possession they repaired it, and its name was changed toFort Independence in 1797, President John Adams being pres-ent on the occasion. This island was noted for years as a duel-ling ground. On the glacis of the fort is now standing a memo-rial of one of these unfortunate affairs, on which is the follow-ing inscription: — NEAR THIS SPOT On the 25
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