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Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas (Kansas, United States) (search for this): entry say-brook-fort
Say-Brook, Fort.
On his arrival at Boston in 1635, John Winthrop, son of the Governor of Massachusetts, bearing a commission from Lord Say and Seal and Lord Brook to begin a settlement on the Connecticut River and to be governor there, sent a bark of 30 tons, with twenty men, to take possession of the mouth of the river and begin a fortification there.
He brought with him from England men, ordnance, ammunition, and $10,000 for the purpose.
A few days after the arrival of the English at the mouth of the river, a Dutch vessel sent from Manhattan appeared, with the design of taking possession of the same spot.
The English, having two pieces of cannon already mounted, would not allow the Dutch to land.
The fort erected by the English was called Say-Brook, in honor of the proprietors of the land.
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry say-brook-fort
Say-Brook, Fort.
On his arrival at Boston in 1635, John Winthrop, son of the Governor of Massachusetts, bearing a commission from Lord Say and Seal and Lord Brook to begin a settlement on the Connecticut River and to be governor there, sent a bark of 30 tons, with twenty men, to take possession of the mouth of the river and begin a fortification there.
He brought with him from England men, ordnance, ammunition, and $10,000 for the purpose.
A few days after the arrival of the English at the mouth of the river, a Dutch vessel sent from Manhattan appeared, with the design of taking possession of the same spot.
The English, having two pieces of cannon already mounted, would not allow the Dutch to land.
The fort erected by the English was called Say-Brook, in honor of the proprietors of the land.
Connecticut River (United States) (search for this): entry say-brook-fort
Say-Brook, Fort.
On his arrival at Boston in 1635, John Winthrop, son of the Governor of Massachusetts, bearing a commission from Lord Say and Seal and Lord Brook to begin a settlement on the Connecticut River and to be governor there, sent a bark of 30 tons, with twenty men, to take possession of the mouth of the river and begin a fortification there.
He brought with him from England men, ordnance, ammunition, and $10,000 for the purpose.
A few days after the arrival of the English at the mouth of the river, a Dutch vessel sent from Manhattan appeared, with the design of taking possession of the same spot.
The English, having two pieces of cannon already mounted, would not allow the Dutch to land.
The fort erected by the English was called Say-Brook, in honor of the proprietors of the land.
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry say-brook-fort
Say-Brook, Fort.
On his arrival at Boston in 1635, John Winthrop, son of the Governor of Massachusetts, bearing a commission from Lord Say and Seal and Lord Brook to begin a settlement on the Connecticut River and to be governor there, sent a bark of 30 tons, with twenty men, to take possession of the mouth of the river and begin a fortification there.
He brought with him from England men, ordnance, ammunition, and $10,000 for the purpose.
A few days after the arrival of the English at the mouth of the river, a Dutch vessel sent from Manhattan appeared, with the design of taking possession of the same spot.
The English, having two pieces of cannon already mounted, would not allow the Dutch to land.
The fort erected by the English was called Say-Brook, in honor of the proprietors of the land.
John Winthrop (search for this): entry say-brook-fort
Say-Brook, Fort.
On his arrival at Boston in 1635, John Winthrop, son of the Governor of Massachusetts, bearing a commission from Lord Say and Seal and Lord Brook to begin a settlement on the Connecticut River and to be governor there, sent a bark of 30 tons, with twenty men, to take possession of the mouth of the river and begin a fortification there.
He brought with him from England men, ordnance, ammunition, and $10,000 for the purpose.
A few days after the arrival of the English at the mouth of the river, a Dutch vessel sent from Manhattan appeared, with the design of taking possession of the same spot.
The English, having two pieces of cannon already mounted, would not allow the Dutch to land.
The fort erected by the English was called Say-Brook, in honor of the proprietors of the land.
1635 AD (search for this): entry say-brook-fort
Say-Brook, Fort.
On his arrival at Boston in 1635, John Winthrop, son of the Governor of Massachusetts, bearing a commission from Lord Say and Seal and Lord Brook to begin a settlement on the Connecticut River and to be governor there, sent a bark of 30 tons, with twenty men, to take possession of the mouth of the river and begin a fortification there.
He brought with him from England men, ordnance, ammunition, and $10,000 for the purpose.
A few days after the arrival of the English at the mouth of the river, a Dutch vessel sent from Manhattan appeared, with the design of taking possession of the same spot.
The English, having two pieces of cannon already mounted, would not allow the Dutch to land.
The fort erected by the English was called Say-Brook, in honor of the proprietors of the land.