The history of the British dominions in North America from the first discovery of that vast continent by Sebastian Cabot in 1497 to its present glorious establishment as confirmed by the late treaty of peace in 1763.

Date:
1773
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Credit: The history of the British dominions in North America from the first discovery of that vast continent by Sebastian Cabot in 1497 to its present glorious establishment as confirmed by the late treaty of peace in 1763. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    command of the Baron de Diefkau, who intended to take Ofwego, but: _ ‘was prevented by the enterprize againft Crown Point. . «General fohnfon encamped .at the fouth end of Lake St. Sacrament, to which heigave the name of Lake George. The French general. came down againft the Englih camp at the head of g00 regulars, 800 Canadians, and .7oo Indians. He defeated a detachment of 1,000 men, under Colonel Williams, and then attacked General Johnfon in his camp, on the 8th of September, when .he was repulfed, wounded, and taken prifoner, with the lois.of moft of his:officers, and about 7co men killed. The Englith had about rgo'men killed and 60 wounded; but among the former was. Colonel ‘Tidcomb, and General Johnfon: among the latter, who was ex- pected to have proceeded to Crown Pointor to have difpoffeffed the’ French. from Ticonderago: but she contented himfelf with building a ftockaded fort nearthe-lake, where he left a fmall garrifon of militia, to affert the: right of his Britannic Majefty to the circumjacent country, and returned with*his'treops to Albany. ‘The French general was afterwards fent to England, where he was treated with the greateft honour and refpedct.. ‘General Johnfon became idolized in-America, and honoured in England,. 5,0001. by the parliament. The Dukeiof Cumberland, who thought the redu@ion of Niagara of the: utmoft importance, had recommended it to General Braddock to leave no-- -while: General Braddock was.to attack Fort Du Quefne with the Englith regiments, and.General.Johnfom was to. inveft Crown Point with the pro- ‘vincial troops, Genera] Shirley fhould. proceed: to Lake Ontario, for the refervation of Fort Ofwego and the reduction of Fort Niagara, both on: the fame lake, with’his own and Pepperell’s regiments, and the regiment of New Jerfey, commanded by Colonel Schuyler; but the obftru@tions at- tending his preparations promifed no great advantages to the common caufe: at his firftfetting out. The paflage from Albany to Ofwego was. then imperfeGly known to.any but a few officers. who had: been flationed at the garrifon, and fome Indian traders of Albany and Schenectada,. who: informed General Shirley of the difficulties he had.to undergo. General Shirley, on the 8th of Auguft, arrived at Ofwego, upon the: . twenty-five men; but the number was augmented to fifty,, on the com-- _mencement of the prefent difputes : fifty more were ordered up in March,. and Captain Bradftreet. arrived there in May with two hundred, ee : workmen:
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