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Fort William, Calcutta: a view from the inside, c. 1828. While in office, Eyre started work on Fort William, Calcutta in 1696. [2] On 10 November 1698, Eyre signed the document legalizing the British occupation of three small villages that formed the basis of the Fort William settlement; his signature, and not that of his father-in-law Job Charnock (who died in 1692) appears on the document ...
Fort William and Mary sketch by Wolfgang William Romer (1705). On December 14, 1774, local Patriots from the Portsmouth area, led by local political leader and rebel activist John Langdon, stormed the post (overcoming a six-man caretaker detachment) and seized the garrison's gunpowder supply, which was distributed to local militia through several New Hampshire towns for potential use in the ...
No. Image Name Term Notes Reference 1 James Blair: 1693–1743 [1]2 William Dawson: 1743–1752 [1]3 William Stith: 1752–1755 [1]4 Thomas Dawson: 1755–1760
After the British abandoned the fort in the Revolution, the Patriots probably renamed it Fort Hancock. [12] The plaque currently on the fort is dedicated "In commemoration of the first victory of the American Revolution. The capture, on this site of Fort William and Mary, 14–15 December 1774." [13]
In December 1774 HMS Canceaux, under the command of Lt. Henry Mowat, [3] attempted to restore order to Fort William and Mary following the seizure of supplies by colonial forces led by Paul Revere. The fort, located on New Castle Island near Portsmouth, New Hampshire , was seen as essential to reasserting control over the insurrection mounting ...
Lyon Gardiner Tyler (son of US President and alumnus John Tyler) became the 17th president of the college following President Ewell's retirement. Benjamin Ewell remained in Williamsburg as president emeritus of the college until his death on June 19, 1894. [1] He was interred in the College of William and Mary Cemetery in Williamsburg.
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Thomas Ashley Graves Jr. (July 3, 1924 – June 17, 2016) was an American academic who was the twenty-third president of the College of William & Mary, serving from 1971 to 1985. [1] He next served as director of the Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library from 1985 to 1992.