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News from the French & Indian War, including Fort Duquesne...
News from the French & Indian War, including Fort Duquesne...
Item # 693719
March 30, 1758
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, March 30, 1758 The front page has two-thirds of a column headed: "America" being a letter from New York, containing French & Indian War reports.
One bit notes: "...about 4000 regulars, 500 rangers & some provincials marched from Albany to Fort Edward, and from thence they are to proceed to attack Ticonderoga...". And also: "...from Albany, that Sir William Johnston has an account that some French Indians and the garrison at Fort Duquesne have had some misunderstanding in regard to supplying them with rum & provisions; that the fort fired upon the Indians...and that the Indians have declared in favour of the English."
Page 7 has a brief item: "Part of a Letter from a Gentleman at New York" with a report on the French & Indian War.
Eight pages, 8 by 11 inches, very nice condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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