Appendiculae Historicae: Or, Shreds of History Hung on a Hornauthor: and sold, 1891 - 216 páginas "It [the powder horn] bears upon the yellow surface, a map, cut with the point of a knife, embracing ... the greater part of the modern state of New York, with the addition of a small portion of the Dominion of Canada containing Montreal ... The horn is not dated. There is however internal evidence that it is not earlier than 1750 nor later than 1783 ... The following notes ... are intended to show, first, which were the European nations who claimed the ground shown on the map, and why; secondly, how England and France came into collision in that region; thirdly, where and how they fought, and with what results ... "--Page 2. |
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... boats , besides being insufficient in number , were not fitted to encounter rough water on the lake . Taking counsel with his officers , he reluctantly agreed with them that the enterprize must be abandoned for the time , and that all ...
... boats , besides being insufficient in number , were not fitted to encounter rough water on the lake . Taking counsel with his officers , he reluctantly agreed with them that the enterprize must be abandoned for the time , and that all ...
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... boat to Fort Edward , and thence across the portage to Fort William Henry , where the army was to embark , on Lake George , for Ticonderoga . While Winslow was busy with his preparations , Sir William Johnson was employed in ...
... boat to Fort Edward , and thence across the portage to Fort William Henry , where the army was to embark , on Lake George , for Ticonderoga . While Winslow was busy with his preparations , Sir William Johnson was employed in ...
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... boats , a quantity of ammunition and provisions , and three chests of money . " It was a glorious victory " for the French . Nothing could have been more gratifying to them , than this scarcely hoped - for destruction of the bugbear ...
... boats , a quantity of ammunition and provisions , and three chests of money . " It was a glorious victory " for the French . Nothing could have been more gratifying to them , than this scarcely hoped - for destruction of the bugbear ...
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... boats , and advancing to the attack . On the 6th they encountered and drove in the French outposts , and by noon the troops were landed on the west side of the * Campbell gave sanctuary to a murderer , not knowing that the victim was a ...
... boats , and advancing to the attack . On the 6th they encountered and drove in the French outposts , and by noon the troops were landed on the west side of the * Campbell gave sanctuary to a murderer , not knowing that the victim was a ...
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... boats . On the 28th June , Vaudreuil's fireships were sent down upon the invader's fleet , but they were lighted too soon . Some drifted ashore of themselves , others were grappled and towed ashore by the British sailors . The attack ...
... boats . On the 28th June , Vaudreuil's fireships were sent down upon the invader's fleet , but they were lighted too soon . Some drifted ashore of themselves , others were grappled and towed ashore by the British sailors . The attack ...
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Acadia afterwards Albany Amherst attack Battery boats Braddock Britannick British built Cabot camp Canada Cape carried Cartier Christian coast Colonel colonies Columbus command continent Crown Point Dieskau discovery Duquesne Dutch England English erected expedition explored fleet force Fort Crown Point Fort Duquesne Fort Edward Fort Frontenac Fort William Henry forts France French Frontenac garrison Governor guns Hochelaga Horn Map Hudson Hurons Indians inhabitants Iroquois island Jesuits John Johnson June killed King Lake Champlain Lake George Lake Ontario land Lawrence Lévis London Lord Louisbourg Majesty miles Mohawk Montcalm Montreal nations natives navigator Newfoundland Niagara North America Oneida Oswego peace Portugal possession present treaty prisoners province Quebec reached River Roberval sailed scalp sent settlements ships Shirley side Spain success surrendered territory Ticonderoga took town trade troops Vaudreuil Venango Vespucci Virginia voyage Washington William Henry Wolfe Wood Creek XVIth century York
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Página 150 - America; it is agreed, that, for the future, the confines between the dominions of His Britannic Majesty and those of His Most Christian Majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the River Mississippi, from its source to the River Iberville.
Página 151 - Grenada, and the Grenadines, with the same stipulations in favour of the inhabitants of this colony, inserted in the IVth article for those of Canada : and the partition of the islands called neutral, is agreed and fixed, so that those of St. Vincent, Dominico, and Tobago, shall remain in full right to Great Britain, and that of St.
Página 166 - History of New York, from the beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty.
Página 149 - His Britannic majesty, on his side, agrees to grant the liberty of the Catholic religion to the inhabitants of Canada ; he will, consequently, give the most precise and most effectual orders, that his new Roman Catholic subjects may profess the worship of their religion, according to the rites of the Romish Church, as far as the laws of Great Britain permit.
Página 150 - Lawrence : and his Britannic Majesty consents to leave to the subjects of the Most Christian King the liberty of fishing in the gulph of St. Lawrence, on condition that the subjects of France do not exercise the said fishery but at the distance of three leagues from all the coasts...
Página 149 - King cedes and makes over the whole to the said King, and to the crown of Great Britain, and that in the most ample manner and form, without restriction, and without any liberty to depart from the said cession and guaranty, under any pretence, or to disturb Great Britain in the possessions above mentioned.
Página 149 - Majesty, on his side, agrees to grant the liberty of the Catholick religion to the inhabitants of Canada: he will, in consequence, give the most precise and most effectual orders, that his new Roman Catholic subjects may profess the worship of their religion according to the rites of the Romish church, as far as the laws of Great Britain permit.
Página 84 - I know, require the most vigorous measures ; but then the courage of a handful of brave men should be exerted only where there is some hope of a favorable event.
Página 153 - Britannic Majesty shall cause to be demolished all the fortifications which his subjects shall have erected in the Bay of Honduras, and other places of the territory of Spain in that part of the world...
Página 155 - ... whatsoever, except that of debts, or of criminal prosecutions: the term, limited for this emigration, being fixed to the space of eighteen months, to be computed from the day of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty. It is moreover stipulated, that his Catholick Notes and References. 153 Majesty shall have power to cause all the effects, that may belong to him, to be brought away, whether it be artillery or other things.