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Major Rogers takes Detroit for the British...
Major Rogers takes Detroit for the British...
Item # 696166
April 04, 1761
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, April 4, 1761 Page 5 As reports datelined from Boston, Charleston, and Georgia concerning the ongoing French & Indian War.
Bits include: "...advice that Major Rogers on his way to Detroit, met with no opposition from the Indians...that the Major having taken possession of Detroit, he sent the French garrison to Pennsylvania & a detachment...to Albany...almost all the men were considerably foot-bitten; one was froze to death...the British troops being in possession of Detroit, Major Rogers sent out from think with about 50 of his Rangers and intended two proceed 400 miles further."
More reports as well.
Eight pages, 8 1/4 by 10 3/4 inches, full red tax stamp on page 2, very nice condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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