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ilas Lamson), make a sensation in Boston, 1841
Died in New Hampshire, aged 75, Aug. 5, 1867
Fort Hill
first called Cornhill, 80 feet high, 1633
Iron fence built around Washington square, 1838
Improvement; digging down commenced, Sep. 4, 1866
Fortifications
Castle, in the harbor, commenced to build, 1634
The gunner fires at a passing ship, June, 1637
Fortifications
Castle. The gunner exchanges shots with a ship, Sep., 1644
Richard Davenport, the Commander, Oct., 1644
Struck by lightning, July, 1660
Again struck by lightning, Commander killed, July 16, 1664
Repaired and enlarged, 1696
Rebuilt, and named Fort William, 1705
Defended by one hundred guns, March, 1750
The block-house blown up by the British, Mar. 27, 1776
Criminals confined there, Feb., 1786
Ceded to the United States, Aug. 18, 1798
Named Fort Independence, July 31, 1799
Merry's Point (Battery street), were raised there, 1646
Again raised and repaired, 1656