Annual report of the Society for the Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places and Objects to the legislature of the State of New York (1899)
Society for the Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places and Objects · [S.l. : s.n.] · leaf 80
George, withFort William Henry and the fortifications of Ticonderoga andCrown Point, was of no further importance until the Revolution.Upon the outbreak of the War of Independence, the Americansgarrisoned Fort George, but retired before Burgoyne in 1777, andfor several weeks the fort protected the… … No. 78.] 57 it until surprised by Sir John Johnson in 1780. With the closeof the Kevolution and the final return of the fort to Americanhands, the history of its usefulness ends. Hoyts AntiquarianResearches relates a tradition of the Burdick family of Athol,to the effect that one of their…
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