Footnotes
[158] In 1752 the French began connecting their settlements on the Lakes and on the Mississippi by a chain of forts on the Ohio. The English warned off the intruders upon what they deemed their territory, and sent General Braddock to the colonists' aid. War was declared in 1756.
[159] A French fort upon the west side of Lake Champlain.
[160] That is, he was born in Boston.
[161] The estate of the Penn family.
[162] Through which the people loaned money to the government.
[163] A tax or duty on certain home productions.
[164] Gun carriages, transport wagons, etc.