Action in Canada during the French & Indian War...
Item # 714403
April 27, 1758
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, April 27, 1758 Most of the first column on the front page has reports from: "America" with Boston and New York datelines including some good content on the French & Indian War, bits such as: "...that the Northern Colonies shall raise 20,000 provincials to join a body of the King's forces intended to invade Canada & to carry the war into the heart of the enemy's possessions...great number of troops are going to the eastward; some to the southward; so that there are three expeditions intended to be carried on at one and the same time..." and more.
An inside page has half a column with an: "Extract of a Private Letter from New York" which includes: "...raising a number of provincials. It is said that there will be 20,000 raised on the continent...and that 18,000 coming from England will form a body of 60,000; an army sufficient to take Canada with clubs, as some people imagine...think that at Canada they will meet but with little opposition & that Cape Breton cannot hold out long against such a force..." and more.
Eight pages, 8 by 11 inches, great condition.
An inside page has half a column with an: "Extract of a Private Letter from New York" which includes: "...raising a number of provincials. It is said that there will be 20,000 raised on the continent...and that 18,000 coming from England will form a body of 60,000; an army sufficient to take Canada with clubs, as some people imagine...think that at Canada they will meet but with little opposition & that Cape Breton cannot hold out long against such a force..." and more.
Eight pages, 8 by 11 inches, great condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's











