Fort Pownall (Me.)

found: NUCMC data from Me. Historical Society for Goldthwait, T. Letter, 1772(Fort Pownall, Me.)

found: Encycl. hist. forts, 1988:p. 370 (Fort Pownall; sometimes known as Fort Point; French and Indian War fort erected on Wasaumkeag Point (now Fort Point) on the Penobscot River. A short distance from Stockston Springs; built 1759 under direction of Mass. governor Thomas Pownall; in March 1775 British seized fort, removing all contents; three months later destroyed by troops under Col. James Cargill to prevent use by the British during the Revol.)