 Upon the hill they have a large square house, with a flat roof, made of thick sawn plank, stayed with oak beams, upon the top of which they have six cannons, which shoot iron balls of four and five pounds, and command the surrounding country. The lower...  HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK - Page 179by JOHN ROMEYN BRODHEAD - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Nathaniel Morton - Massachusetts - 1669 - 562 pages
...square inclosure upon which four patereros [steenstucken] are mounted, so as to flank along the streets. Upon the hill, they have a large square house, with a flat roof, made of thick sawn planks, stayed with oak beams, upon the top of which they have six cannons, which shoot iron balls... | |
 | New York (State) - 1849 - 516 pages
...enclosure upon which four patereros [steen-stucken] are mounted, so as to flank along the streets. Upon the hill they have a large square house, with...with oak beams, upon the top of which they have six cannons, which shoot iron balls of four and five pounds, and command the surrounding country. The lower... | |
 | New York (State) - 1849 - 624 pages
...mounted, so as to flank along the streets. Upon the hill they have a large square house, with aflat roof, made of thick sawn plank, stayed with oak beams, upon the top of which they have six cannons, which shoot iron balls of four and five pounds, and command the surrounding country. The lower... | |
 | William Shaw Russell - Massachusetts - 1851 - 188 pages
...enclosure upon which four patereros [steen-stucken] are mounted, so as to flank along the streets. Upon the hill, they have a large square house, with a flat roof, made of thick sawn planks, stayed with oak beams, upon the top of which they have six cannons, which shoot iron balls... | |
 | William Shaw Russell - Massachusetts - 1851 - 184 pages
...streets. Upon the hill, they have a large square house, with a flat roof, made of thick sawn planks, stayed with oak beams, upon the top of which they have six cannons, which shoot iron balls of four and five pounds, and command the surrounding country. The lower... | |
 | William Henry Bartlett - Massachusetts - 1853 - 388 pages
...upon which four patereros were mounted so as to flank along the streets. Upon Burial or Forthill, was a large square house, with a flat roof, made of thick sawn planks, stayed with oak beams, upon the top of which they had six cannons, four or five pounders, which... | |
 | 1855 - 1130 pages
...which four patereroi were mounted, so as to flank along the streets. Upon Runal, or Fort-hill, was a large square house, with a flat roof, made of thick sawn planks, stayed with oak beams, upon the top of which they had six cannons, four or five-pounders, which... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - Periodicals - 1855 - 632 pages
...which four patermai were mounted, so as to flank along the streets. Upon Bucial, or Fort Hill, was a large square house with a flat roof, made of thick sawn planks, stayed with oak beams, upon the top of which they had six cannons, four or fíve pounders,... | |
 | William Bradford - Massachusetts - 1856 - 568 pages
...written by Isaac De Rasieres, who visiu.-d Plymouth in 1637, will be read with interest here : — "Upon the hill they have a large square house, with a flat roof, made of thick sawn planks, stayed with oak beams, upon the top of which they have six cannons, which shoot iron balls... | |
 | 1857 - 692 pages
...visited Plymouth in 16U7, gives the following curious account of this fort and its nses : " Upon the niU they have a large square house, with a flat roof made of thick sawn planks, stayed with onk beams, upon the top of which they have six cannons, which shoot iron halls... | |
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