Beginning in about 1650 as the location of a rudimentary fort and some warehouses, it was described as a small town until the 1690s.
Official correspondence between the forts was at first carried by seas, but by the 1850s an inland service had been introduced, open to the public.
We read, for example, that together with some other rebel leaders he was served by more than fifty ladies in a fort.
It seems unreasonable to assume that this material was redeposited from outside the fort.
A transfer from within the fort is easier to imagine.
Exactly why she returned to the fort within six weeks is not very clear.
He told me that the fort was still congested with market streets and houses in the 1920s.
The ground plan of the fort indicates that a different type of unit was garrisoned there.
