[55] See note 60.
[56] This, as with all succeeding quotations from the correspondence of Bouquet, Forbes, and St. Clair, was copied by the writer from the originals in the Bouquet Papers in the British Museum.
[57] The main route westward was, the year before, in poor condition between Philadelphia and Bedford. Loudon to Denny, Pennsylvania Archives, iii, pp. 278-279.
[58] Forbes to Pitt, October 20, 1758.
[59] By Hildreth and others.
[60] Forbes to Governor Denny (of Pennsylvania), March 20, 1758: Pennsylvania Records, N, p. 206.
[61] Note 43, first reference.
[62] Cf. Historic Highways of America, vol. iv, p. 192.
[63] Fort Frederick-Fort Cumberland route.
[64] Braddock’s Road.