PREFACE
CONTENTS PAGE Strongholds of the Past 1 Fort Independence
ILLUSTRATIONS
STRONGHOLDS OF THE PAST
FORT INDEPENDENCE (CASTLE WILLIAM) CASTLE ISLAND BOSTON HARBOR
FORT COLUMBUS, OR JAY GOVERNOR'S ISLAND NEW YORK HARBOR
TICONDEROGA LAKE CHAMPLAIN NEW YORK
CROWN POINT LAKE CHAMPLAIN NEW YORK
THE HEIGHTS OF QUEBEC (THE CITADEL, CASTLE ST. LOUIS) CANADA
FORT ANNAPOLIS ROYAL ANNAPOLIS ANNAPOLIS BASIN, NOVA SCOTIA
THE CITADEL AT HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA
FORT GEORGE CASTINE MAINE
FORT FREDERICK PEMAQUID MAINE
FORT NIAGARA AT MOUTH OF NIAGARA RIVER NEW YORK
FORT ONTARIO OSWEGO NEW YORK
FORT MICHILLIMACKINAC AND FORT HOLMES MACKINAC ISLAND MICHIGAN
FORT MASSAC NEAR METROPOLIS ILLINOIS
WEST POINT, ITS ENVIRONS AND STONY POINT AT ENTRANCE TO HUDSON HIGHLANDS NEW YORK
FORT CONSTITUTION (FORT WILLIAM AND MARY) GREAT ISLAND NEAR PORTSMOUTH NEW HAMPSHIRE
FORTS TRUMBULL AND GRISWOLD NEW LONDON AND GROTON, ON THE THAMES CONNECTICUT
FORT MIFFLIN ON THE DELAWARE PHILADELPHIA
FORT McHENRY BALTIMORE
FORT MARION ST. AUGUSTINE FLORIDA
LA FUERZA, MORRO CASTLE, AND OTHER DEFENCES HAVANA CUBA
FORT SAN CARLOS PENSACOLA BAY FLORIDA
THE PRESIDIO OF SAN FRANCISCO GOLDEN GATE CALIFORNIA
FORT ADAMS AND NEWPORT'S DEFENSIVE RUINS NEWPORT RHODE ISLAND
FORT MONROE OLD POINT COMFORT VIRGINIA
FORTS SUMTER AND MOULTRIE NEAR CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA
FORT PULASKI AT MOUTH, SAVANNAH RIVER GEORGIA
FORT MORGAN MOBILE BAY ALABAMA
FORTS JACKSON AND ST. PHILIP AT THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI LOUISIANA
FORT SNELLING NEAR ST. PAUL MINNESOTA
FORT LARAMIE AT THE FORKS OF THE PLATTE RIVER WYOMING
THE ALAMO AND FORT SAM HOUSTON SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
OTHER WESTERN FORTS
FORT VANCOUVER COLUMBIA RIVER WASHINGTON
FORT YUMA AT HEAD OF NAVIGATION, COLORADO RIVER CALIFORNIA
VALLEY FORGE YORKTOWN VICKSBURG LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN GETTYSBURG THE "CRATER"
INDEX Adams, Fort, Newport, R. I., 222-231 Alamo, Texas,
Title: Quaint and Historic Forts of North America
Author: John Martin Hammond
Language: English
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QUAINT AND HISTORIC FORTS OF NORTH AMERICA
COLONIAL MANSIONS
OF MARYLAND AND
DELAWARE
BY JOHN MARTIN HAMMOND
With sixty-five illustrations from original photographs. Large octavo. Handsomely bound in cloth. Gilt top. In a box. A Limited Edition, printed from type which has been distributed. $5.00 net.
The Outlook, N. Y. C.
“A book of elegance in form,
illustration, and subject.”
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
Publishers Philadelphia
By courtesy of the St. Augustine Historical Society
THE ANCIENT WATCH-TOWER OF FORT MARION, ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA
QUAINT AND HISTORIC
FORTS OF
NORTH AMERICA
BY
JOHN MARTIN HAMMOND
AUTHOR OF
“COLONIAL MANSIONS OF MARYLAND AND DELAWARE”
WITH SEVENTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS
OLD GATEWAY FORT MARION ST AUGUSTINE FLORIDA U.S.A.
J. B LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA & LONDON
1915
COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
PUBLISHED NOVEMBER, 1915
PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS
PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A.
