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	Fort William and Mary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Fort William and Mary was a colonial defensive post at New Castle, New Hampshire.
		On December 14, 1774 a local mob of several hundred from the Portsmouth area, led by John Langdon, stormed the post and seized the powder, which was distributed through several New Hampshire towns for the use of their militia.
		Fort William and Mary was the only military post in the Portsmouth area, and was normally used only to store supplies and during militia training or drills.
	www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Fort_Constitution (636 words)

	Fort Constitution Historic Site - New Castle, NH
		By the time William and Mary came to the throne of England a strong rivalry with France had developed and stronger defenses were required.
		This fort was named Fort William and Mary and took its place as on the line of so-called castles along the coastal area of the colonies.
		Fort Constitution was returned to the state in 1961 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 2, 1973.
	www.nhstateparks.com /fortconstitution.html (911 words)

	William (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Albion (William Blake) In the Urizen, Tharmas, Luvah and Urthona.
		William, Archbishop of Mainz William (Wilhelm), the son of Mainz in 954/5 and died in 968.
		William Alexander (bishop) William Alexander (1896 was the Primate of Ireland.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/william.html (6339 words)

	Fort William and Mary -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Fort William and Mary was a colonial defensive post at (Click link for more info and facts about New Castle) New Castle, (A state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies) New Hampshire.
		On December 14, 1774 a local mob of several hundred from the Portsmouth area, led by (Click link for more info and facts about John Langdon) John Langdon, stormed the post and seized the powder, which was distributed through several New Hampshire towns for the use of their militia.
		It was manned and expanded during the (A war (1812-1814) between the United States and England which was trying to interfere with American trade with France) War of 1812 and the (A war between factions in the same country) Civil War.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/F/Fo/Fort_William_and_Mary.htm (761 words)

	Fort Stark Historic Site - New Castle, NH
		Fort Stark was named in honor of John Stark, commander of New Hampshire forces at the Battle of Bennington (1777).
		The others in New Hampshire are: Fort Washington, Fort William and Mary (Constitution), and Fort Dearborn (Odiorne Point State Park), and in Maine: Fort Sullivan, Fort McClary and Fort Foster.
		Following World War II the navy took over the army installations and used Fort Stark primarily for reserve training until the property was deeded to the state of New Hampshire in 1978 and 1983.
	www.nhstateparks.com /fortstark.html (343 words)

	Local: 'Talkin 'bout a revoultion'
		Many New Hampshire historians for the past two centuries have hinted that New Hampshire and the men who raided the New Castle fort were largely forgotten for their supporting roles in beginning the revolution's fighting.
		Fort William and Mary was built in the early 1600s to protect the harbor.
		Fort William and Mary was renamed Fort Constitution in 1808, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 2, 1973.
	www.seacoastonline.com /2000news/7_2e.htm (1498 words)

	Nathaniel Folsom
		In December of 1774, Fort William and Mary (formerly known as "the Castle" and now known as Fort Constitution) was a sorry old structure, having been erected on Great (Newcastle) Island in the early 1600's to protect the approach to Portsmouth Harbor.
		As the soldiers of the fort were being disarmed, subdued, and imprisoned, the New Hampshiremen made it clear that their attack was not simply a "powder raid." With the fort in colonial hands, the men "triumphantly gave three Huzzas" and hauled down the British flag.
		A quaint diorama depicting the raid on Fort William and Mary is located in the Visitors' Center of the New Hampshire State House in Concord, NH (not to be confused with Concord, Massachusetts).
	www.marciesalaskaweb.com /natfolsom3.htm (9764 words)

	SOME PARTICIPANTS IN THE RAIDS ON FORT WILLIAM AND MARY
		Cochran's role is found in Paul Wilderson II's, John Wentworth's Narrative of the Raids on Fort William and Mary, Historical New Hampshire, Vol.
		Identified from Charles L. Parsons, The Capture of Fort William and Mary, December 14 and 15, 1774, a reprint of a paper delivered at the 77th Annual Meeting of the New Hampshire Historical Society, printed by the William and Mary Committee of the New Hampshire American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, March 1974.
		Presumably, Leighton was one of the men who attacked Fort William and Mary and seized arms, ammunition and gunpowder that was transported to Frank’s Fort in Eliot.
	www.nhssar.org /essays/Namelist.htm (2031 words)

	Fort William and Mary - Definition up Erdmond.Com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		First fortified in 1632 on the island of New Castle at the mouth of the Piscataqua_River estuary, the fort guarded access to the harbor at Portsmouth.
		On December_14, 1774 a local mob of several hundred from the Portsmouth area, led by John_Langdon, stormed the post and seized the powder, which was distributed through several New Hampshire towns for the use of their militia.
		That evening December_15, they returned to the fort, and removed all of the arms and supplies and some cannons.
	www.erdmond.com /Fort_William_and_Mary.html (589 words)

	Seacoast NH History - Revolution Era - Ft. William & Mary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		No doubt he felt this grossly inadequate, but an officer and three men were appointed to administer the fort in the king's name-a less than formidable army with which to stave off revolution.
		Yes, it was thought that troops and ships were on their way, and yes, if the' powder stored at William and Mary were not to remain in the king's hands, something had better be done about it.
		Before a second volley could be fired, the fort was overwhelmed, and Cochran's band was in the hands of the attackers.
	www.seacoastnh.com /history/rev/willmary.html (1109 words)

	William Pitt Tavern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		William Pitt Tavern, Court Street, built by John Stavers (1714-1797) in 1766.
		William Pitt Tavern, built in 1766 by John Stavers, is a building of special historical significance.
		Stavers subsequently re-named his tavern the William Pitt Tavern in honor of the British statesman who advocated the American cause in Parliament.
	www.strawberybanke.org /museum/pitttavern/pitttavern.html (984 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Irish (In Countries Other Than Ireland)
		His remains are interred in St. Mary's Catholic Churchyard in Philadelphia and a life-sized statue erected (1906) by the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick within the precincts of Independence Hall attests to the esteem in which Barry as held.
		In horticulture, John Barry and William Doogue, who laid out the grounds of the Centennial exhibition in Philadelphia, and the Public Gardens at Boston, were of Irish birth.
		Mary Kerwin, the daughter of an Irish family who fled to France to preserve the Faith, came to Canada in 1643, and died a nun in the Hôtel-Dieu, Quebec, in 1687.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08132b.htm (15677 words)

	Tribune Building - Stones
		Fort William and Mary is located in New Castle, New Hampshire, which is in Portsmouth Harbor.
		It is said that the first shot heard around the world in the Revolutionary War was at Lexington and Concord.
		"Fort William and Mary." E-mail to Elizabeth J. Lehman.
	www.op97.k12.il.us /julian/tribrocks/rocks/022 (206 words)

	Exhibit - The Capture of Fort William & Mary
		View of the entrance to Portsmouth Harbor, circa 1705 from a selected portion of "The prospect draft of the Fort William and Mary on Piscataqua River in ye Province of New Hampshire on the Continent America." From the Library of Congress.
		In May a message was sent from the committee at Portsmouth to the committee at Boston, promising assistance in anything agreed upon by the colonies.
		Having captured the fort, they proceeded to haul down the king's colors, and then removed all of the gunpowder in the magazine, with the exception of one barrel.
	www.izaak.unh.edu /exhibits/1774 (1158 words)

	Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse Wallpaper Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In 1771, a Light was erected at Fort William and Mary as the first light station established at a military base.
		A Undated Sketch of Fort William and Mary appears to authenticate the U.S. Coast Guard source of a wooden Lighthouse Tower.
		Fort Constitution is open to the public daily unless closed for security reasons yet the Lighthouse and grounds are closed unless the preservation group has a Open House for Lighthouse visitors.
	home.comcast.net /~debee2/maine/Portsmouth.html (908 words)

	Overt Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		But the capture of Fort William and Mary was the first organized fight of the Revolutionary War, and on Dec. 14, 1774, the first gun of that war was fired.
		t is true that on Dec. 5, 1774, the assembly of Rhode Island ordered the powder and shot in Fort George to be removed to a place of safety, and it is further true that it was done with the same intent and purpose, and undoubtedly influenced the subsequent action at Portsmouth.
		The three and one half years intervening between this affair and that of William and Mary is sufficient in itself to separate it from the Revolutionary period.
	www.izaak.unh.edu /exhibits/1774/OVERT.HTM (475 words)

	Wildernet - Fort Constitution Historic Site
		The fort was named Fort William and Mary.
		Attractions - In 1791 the state of New Hampshire gave the United States the neck of land on which Fort William and Mary and a lighthouse were situated.
		Location - The fort is located on SR 1B at U.S. Coast Guard Station, New Castle.
	www.wildernet.com /pages/statepark.cfm?areaID=NHSPFC (674 words)

	Causes of the Revolution
		Chaffin, Robert J. "The Townshend Acts of 1767." William and Mary Quarterly, 3d Ser., 27 (January 1970), pp.
		O'Connor, John E. "William Patterson and the Ideological Origins of the Revolution in New Jersey." New Jersey History, 94 (Spring 1976), pp.
		"John Wentworth's Narrative of the Raids on Fort William and Mary." Historical New Hampshire, 32 (Winter 1977), pp.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/reference/revbib/causes.htm (1961 words)

	Seacoast Newspaper's Ports of Call: Forts on the Seacoast
		Background: Originally this was Fort William and Mary, a British stronghold overlooking Portsmouth Harbor.
		On Dec. 14, 1774, Seacoast colonists captured the fort in one of the first overt acts against the king and one which predated the actual American Revolution by four months.
		It was first used as a fort in 1746 and has been used in every war from the Revolutionary War to World War II, when an anti-submarine net stretched from here to Fort Foster in Kittery, Maine.
	www.seacoastonline.com /ports/s_forts.htm (555 words)

	As I Please --Another Shot at William & Mary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Even Seacoast school kids know that the first shot heard round the world was fired at Fort William and Mary in nearby New Castle, not Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts like the encyclopedia says.
		Wentworth had recently built a nifty little fort and a lighthouse at what was then called "The Castle." British fortifications had come and gone on this spot since as early as the 1630s historians tell us.
		No one died at Fort William and Mary, but it is important all the same.
	seacoastnh.com /arts/please052299.html (1482 words)

	Irish Echo Online - Arts
		In the spring, the New Hampshire colonial assembly had refused to vote the funds necessary to supply the British soldiers stationed at Fort William and Mary.
		It warned Portsmouth's committee of word that British troops were on the way to reinforce Fort William and Mary.
		Sullivan returned to the fort on the 15th and with his men removed all the remaining cannon and small arms which were then stashed in Durham.
	www.irishecho.com /newspaper/story.cfm?id=13900 (795 words)

	Saint Mary's City -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		historic district and village, St. Mary's county, southern Maryland, U.S., on St. Mary's River 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Leonardtown, the county seat.
		Established in 1634 by colonists led by Leonard Calvert and named for the Virgin Mary, it was Maryland's first European settlement and was built on the site of a Yaocomico Indian village.
		The Virgin Mary is a very important figure in the Christian Orthodox faith, and many turn to her because she is believed to have direct access to God.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9099324 (895 words)

	Historic State Parks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The fort, first used in 1746, remained active during every war from the Revolutionary War through World War II.
		The fort is named in honor of John Stark, commander of New Hampshire forces at the Battle of Bennington (1777), who spoke the words that eventually became our state motto, "Live free or die."
		Approximately four hundred colonists captured Fort William and Mary on December 14, 1774 after Paul Revere's warning of British intentions to reinforce the fort.
	newww.com /free/state-parks/historic.html (1244 words)

	As I Please - Fort William and Mary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		One expert says the lighthouse here is on the wrong side of the fort.
		This image was taken from a photo owned by the late Joe Copley who prepared a bicentennial booklet on the fort in 1974.
		He said the picture was discovered "behind a picture being reframed in 1894." The location of the original drawing is unknown.
	www.seacoastnh.com /arts/fort.html (66 words)

	harbour_lights_259 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Their prayers were answered in 1771, when a station was established at Fort William and Mary on Newcastle Island.
		Sound blasts from cannon fire broke the windows, so the lighthouse was eventually moved father away from the fort, shortened to 55 feet and fitted with a Fresnel lens.
		The keeper’s house was moved from the corner of Ocean Avenue and Sandy Beach to the Farnsworth Battery area, a foolish choice since it was now directly in the path of the booming guns.
	www.lighthouseshop.com /store/harbour_lights_259.html (338 words)

	New Hampshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was one of the thirteen colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution.
		It was the first state to declare its independence, and the historic attack on Fort William and Mary (now Fort Constitution) helped supply the cannon and ammunition needed for the Battle of Bunker Hill that took place north of Boston a few months later.
		New Hampshire was the last of the New England states to observe Fast Day, a day of prayer for a bountiful harvest.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Hampshire (3202 words)

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