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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

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

42°21′07″N 71°00′43″W / 42.35194°N 71.01194°W / 42.35194; -71.01194

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

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