Name/Title
BookletEntry/Object ID
FCC2023.14Description
A booklet for the Fort Cassin Company and ClubPhotograph Details
Subject
An explanation of the purpose of the clubSubject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
FerrisburghCounty
Addison CountyState/Province
VermontContext
Fort Cassin was a hastily constructed earthworks for seven cannon built in 1813 at the mouth of the Otter Creek in Ferrisburgh. It was intended to defend the Naval Shipyard upriver in Vergennes from British Naval forces on Lake Champlain during the War of 1812.
The earthworks were abandoned after the war, but in the 1820s Jahaziel Sherman, a steamboat captain and businessman based in Vergennes, built a boat landing, storehouse and hotel on the point where the fort had been located. The location continued to be called Fort Cassin.Collection
Fort Cassin CollectionCataloged By
Remsen, NancyCondition
Overall Condition
FairCondition Detail
Pages no longer all bound together and one is torn in half.Date Examined
Nov 7, 2023Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Byron A. BealRelated Places
Place
* Untyped Place
FerrisburghCounty
Addison CountyState/Province
VermontProvenance
Notes
Photos photographed and scanned with permission from owner, Richard Alther, Ferrisburgh.Created By
Nancy RemsenCreate Date
November 7, 2023Updated By
Nancy RemsenUpdate Date
November 7, 2023