Fort Independence
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Oct 16, 2026
Gwenna LaithlandHOST
... to be Francis Bernard.
Gwenna LaithlandHOST
Uh, [laughs] and then it says that if someone wants to take this job, that they should apply to Lord Hillsborough, Sir Francis Bernard, the commissioners of His Majesty's Customs in America at their seat at Castle William, or to James Blunderbuss Murray, Esquire-
Tori PhantomHOST
[laughs]
Gwenna LaithlandHOST
... at the sign of the Riot Act.
Tori PhantomHOST
Yeah, they did it.
Gwenna LaithlandHOST
But when they, [laughs] when they realized that they couldn't get the family members to bring this action against Preston, they moved on to the people who had been injured that night, and they pressured them to bring civil action against Preston for damages.
Gwenna LaithlandHOST
But Preston was a smart guy, so instead of waiting for things to get worse, instead of waiting for some sort of summons, he just moved to Castle William, where he couldn't be served.
Tori PhantomHOST
Yeah.
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Joe DeNoiaNARRATOR
And Jenkins laughed.
Joe DeNoiaNARRATOR
They found that sentry, he said, and have telephoned Fort Independence.
Joe DeNoiaNARRATOR
But it's no good.
Joe DeNoiaNARRATOR
They've only got salute guns.
Gwenna LaithlandHOST
Yeah, we know.
Tori PhantomHOST
Colonel Dalrymple, who was the commander of the forces in Boston, he also wrote to Gage happily reporting that there'd been no issues since the 29th Regiment moved to Castle William, but also that now there could be no further problem.
Tori PhantomHOST
And like, duh, they're gone.
Tori PhantomHOST
What-
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Tori PhantomHOST
Just as a note, for as much as I'll point out that the Redcoats were probably not at fault for most of this, the Redcoats definitely left their guy there.
Tori PhantomHOST
They took their troops.
Tori PhantomHOST
They put them in Castle William.
Tori PhantomHOST
They shipped them back out and left the colony entirely, except that one guy, 'cause he was kind of a problem, and everyone seems to be mad at him, so we're just gonna let Boston be...
Pamela ClarkHOST
In the afternoon, rain firing from all the ships and castle, being Powder Plot Day.
Pamela ClarkHOST
Sleeper notes the observation of Powder Plot Day, or Guy Fawkes Day, by the British soldiers stationed in the harbor and at Castle William.
Pamela ClarkHOST
In his general orders the next day, Washington objected to the Continental Army's observation of Guy Fawkes Day, which in New England was celebrated synonymously as Pope's Night.
Pamela ClarkHOST
As the Commander-in-Chief has been, well, this, I'm assuming this is from the Crown, it doesn't necessarily say, but it says, as the Commander-in-Chief has been apprised of a design formed for the observance of the ridiculous and childish custom of burning the effigy of the Pope, he cannot help expressing his surprise that there should be officers and soldiers in this army, so void of common sense, as not to see the improperty of such a step at this juncture, at a time when we are soliciting and we have obtained the friendship and alliance of the people of Canada, whom we ought to consider as brethren embarked in the same cause, the defense of the general liberty of America.
Tori PhantomHOST
OK, so this was the south end of Boston.
Tori PhantomHOST
So instead of he said, he said, don't send the troops to Castle William.
Tori PhantomHOST
Let's build a fort in Boston proper.
Gwenna LaithlandHOST
Inside Boston proper.
Tori PhantomHOST
Right.
Tori PhantomHOST
So Hutchinson responded by saying- You want to conquer Boston? Basically, he was like, absolutely not, my guy.
Tori PhantomHOST
Like, let's just fortify Castle William.
Tori PhantomHOST
And Doll Ripple replied, why not both? I can send an attachment to Castle William and also build a redoubt.
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