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Reports on the French & Indian War...
Reports on the French & Indian War...
Item # 693718
March 28, 1758
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, March 28, 1758 Page 7 has most of a column headed: "America" with a Philadelphia dateline but with news reports from around Albany including: "Indian intelligence there was that the French design'd to come & attack Fort Edward...send a body of men to destroy the Mohawks river. Some French deserters report the same...the French service at Ticonderoga were put in irons in order to prevent their deserting."
Also items datelined Boston, and a letter from Annapolis, the latter including: "A party straggling from the fort, being taken by a party of French and Indians, gave the alarm to the fort & a strong party with two captains are sent out after them..." with more on this skirmish.
Eight pages, 8 1/4 by 11 inches, very nice condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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