King William's War by Michael Laramie
Author:Michael Laramie
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781594166235
Publisher: Westholme Publishing
Garrisoned by one hundred men and armed with twelve light cannon, Fort Albany was capable of defending itself against French and Indian marauders, but it failed to address the needs of the town to protect itself from these types of attack. To deal with this problem work turned toward enclosing the town within a stockade, which was supported at key points by log blockhouses. Benjamin Wadsworth, a Massachusetts representative who traveled to Albany in the early 1690s, left a description of this work.
Ye town is incompass’d with a fortification, consisting of pine-logs, ye most of ym a foot thro, or more ; ye are hewed on two sides and set close together, standing about 8 or 10 foot above ground, sharpened at ye tops. There are 6 gates ; 2 of ye east to ye river, 3 north, one south ; ye are five block-houses ; 2 north, by two of ye foremention’d gates, and 3 south.5
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