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ID: 6002110
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6002110
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Fort William Henry (deserted settlement)  Fort William Henry (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 43 25 13 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 43.4200  decimal degrees
Long: 073 42 40 W  degrees minutes   Long: -73.7110  decimal degrees

Note: Was 18th-cen. British fort captured by French during French & Indian War; British garrison surrendered, but was massacred by Amerindians under French control; is featured in J Fenimore Cooper's novel Last of the Mohicans; was staging area in Revolution.

Names:
Fort William Henry (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of New York (state)  ............  New York (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Warren (county)  ................  Warren (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Fort William Henry (deserted settlement)  ....................  Fort William Henry (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  was fort during 2nd half of 18th cen.
museum (C)
inhabited place (H)
fort (H)  ............  1754-1763

Sources and Contributors:
Fort William Henry..........  [VP Preferred]
...................................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 307
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 307
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Canby, Historic Places (1984)

 

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