Lieut. Ebenezer Sheldon's Fort

Lieut. Ebenezer Sheldon's Fort is a Massachusetts historical marker in Bernardston, Franklin County, dedicated 1930.

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Built in 1740 on this site. The first Proprietor's Meeting in Fall Town was held here in 1741. The Lieutenant's son Eliakim was shot by Indians in 1747 while working west of the fort walls.

1930 text, presented as a historical document.

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1740 · 43. Novi Belgii, in America Septentrionali. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1795 · State of Massachusetts. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1796 · State of Massachusetts. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · Massachusetts. Atlas Plate No. 19. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1936 · Bernardston, Massachusetts (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

43. Novi Belgii, in America Septentrionali, 1740, covering the location of Lieut. Ebenezer Sheldon's Fort, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — 43. Novi Belgii, in America Septentrionali, 1740, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Marker data: Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)

Lieut. Ebenezer Sheldon's Fort

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