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Page 15
Warriors from Canada joined those of the St. Law. rence, and in their murderous
expeditions they were frequently accompanied by French troops and
ecclesiastics. The priests are said to have received the confession of Indian and
white man ...
Warriors from Canada joined those of the St. Law. rence, and in their murderous
expeditions they were frequently accompanied by French troops and
ecclesiastics. The priests are said to have received the confession of Indian and
white man ...
Page 52
A few cannon shots were exchanged, some troops were landed and began to
invest the place, when, on the 13th of October, it was surrendered to the English,
and the name of the town and fort changed from Port Royal to Annapolis, in
honor ...
A few cannon shots were exchanged, some troops were landed and began to
invest the place, when, on the 13th of October, it was surrendered to the English,
and the name of the town and fort changed from Port Royal to Annapolis, in
honor ...
Page 55
The New England colonies promptly raised a provincial force, and the ships
sailed for Quebec on the tenth of August, bearing about seven thousand troops.
Among the Americans to enlist in this enterprise was Elmer Stevens, who had
been ...
The New England colonies promptly raised a provincial force, and the ships
sailed for Quebec on the tenth of August, bearing about seven thousand troops.
Among the Americans to enlist in this enterprise was Elmer Stevens, who had
been ...
Page 72
The disheartened admiral returned to England with his ships, while the provincial
troops were sent to Boston. Hearing of the calamity and the result, Nicholson
unwillingly returned with his land force to Albany and left Montreal unmolested.
The disheartened admiral returned to England with his ships, while the provincial
troops were sent to Boston. Hearing of the calamity and the result, Nicholson
unwillingly returned with his land force to Albany and left Montreal unmolested.
Page 99
He thought the country could not be safe so long as such incendiary spirits as
swayed Carolinia were permitted to go unpunished; but the difficulty of marching
troops into a country so cut up with rivers rendered the thought almost madness;
...
He thought the country could not be safe so long as such incendiary spirits as
swayed Carolinia were permitted to go unpunished; but the difficulty of marching
troops into a country so cut up with rivers rendered the thought almost madness;
...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Braddock: A Story of the French and Indian Wars Volume 8 of Columbian historical novels, John Roy Musick |
| Author | John Roy Musick |
| Publisher | Funk & Wagnall's Company, 1893 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 4 Nov 2006 |
| Length | 470 pages |
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