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Pennsylvania governor speaks... Nice reporting on the French & Indian War...
Pennsylvania governor speaks... Nice reporting on the French & Indian War...
Item # 693612
February 02, 1760
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Feb. 2, 1760 Most of the front page is retaken up with: "The Speech of the Hon. James Hamilton, Governor of Pennsylvania...to the General Assembly of the said Province, met at Philadelphia".
Hamilton had just assumed his position of governor, and he extols the Assembly his plans, etc. He was also governor from 1748-1754. His father was the famed attorney Andrew Hamilton.
This address is followed by the gracious response from the Pennsylvania. Assembly.
Page 5 begins with news headed: "American" with a New York dateline, and the same page has an: "Extract of a Letter From an Officer at Albany" which has fine content on the French & Indian War. It begins: "I am just returned to this place, after a very disagreeable campaign, attended with infinite difficulties and fatigues..." with more, carrying over to page 6. Further on: "...after the reduction of Fort Niagara, was to repair that fortress & put it in a good state of defence, to build a fort at Oswego, and ships to oppose the enemy's armed vessels on Lake Ontario..." with more on the war as shown in the photos.
Eight pages, 8 by 10 3/4 inches, great condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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