Beverly Fort was a fort that existed from 1775 to 1776 during the

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on Hospital Point in Beverly, Massachusetts. It was reoccupied in 1814 during the

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. In 1801, a smallpox hospital was built there, which was used in 1814 as a barracks. The J-shaped earthwork of the fort still exists today.

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