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FOOTNOTES
[1] Pennsylvania Archives, ser. 8, vol. 5, Morris to the House, Dec. 19, 1754.
[2] Robert Orme's Journal, in Winthrop Sargent, The history of an expedition against Fort DuQuesne, p. 288, Philadelphia, 1855.
[3] Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography, p. 166, New York, 1939.
[4] Pennsylvania Archives, ser. 1, vol. 2, pp. 295-96. Franklin suggested that St. Clair, with a body of troops, would probably enter Pennsylvania and take what he wanted, if it could not be obtained otherwise.
[5] Ibid., ser. 1, vol. 2, Morris to Peters, May 30, 1755.
[6] Ibid., Shippen to Morris, June 13, 1755.
[7] The modern spelling is given above. A number of spellings were common in 1755, among them Conegogee, Connecochieg, and Cannokagig.