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[[Category:Forts in Massachusetts|Winthrop]]
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Boston, Massachusetts]]

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1888 map of Boston Harbor showing Governors Island before the airport was built.

Fort Winthrop, was a defensive fortification named after Governor John Winthrop, whose family was granted the island in 1632 and owned it until 1808, when it was acquired for the construction of the fort.[1] It was located on Governors Island in Boston Harbor.

References

  1. ^ "Boston Illustrated - VI - The Harbor". Boston And New York Houghton, Mifflin And Company (1891). Retrieved October 15, 2006.