346 On ihe Forts around Boston. 
19. Forts on Dorchester Heights. ‘ak 
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We now hasten to the last forts, the erection of which 
terminated the contest in this portion of the eastern a 
of America. 
On March 3d, 1776, the following order was ied ate 
the camp at Roxbury : ‘It is expected that every man, 
in every station and department, will now exert all his 
power for the salvation of America. Freedom and glo- 
ry—shame and slavery, are set before us: let us act like 
men, like christians, like heroes,—and form a character for 
the admiration of posterity.” 
On March 4th. “Brig. Gen. Thomasistotakethecommand ~ 
of two thousand one hundred men, which are to be para- 
ded at six o’clock this evening ;. with which he is to pro- 
ceed to Dorchester point, and there to throw up such works 
on the two commanding eminences, as he, with the advice 
of the engineers, shall think most proper for the defence of 
the ground, and annoyance of the enemy; and defend the 
same. By order of Maj. Gen. Warp. 
J. Warp, A. D. C. 
Itis to be regretted that the entrenchments thrown up 
by the army of the revolution, on the Heights of Dorches- 
ter, are almost entirely obliterated by the erection of two 
new forts in the late war. But some traces of the ancient 
works may be seen on both hills; the old forts were con- 
structed with more skill, and display more science than the 
recent works, the ramparts of which are even now falling 
down; and we would gladly see them destroyed, if from 
their ruins the ancient works could re-appear. 
20. A noble octagonal fort, and two batteries, which 
may be seen, in perfect preservation, upon the promontory, 
were erected after the departure of the English from Boston, 
and do not require a place in the present essay. The fort 
is situated at the point; one battery isin the rear of the 
house of industry, whose inmates will probably soon de- 
stroy it, and the other upon a rising ground immediately be- 
low the Heights of Dorchester. 
