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Excerpt from The History an Expedition Against Fort Du Quesne, in 1755: Under Major-General Edward Braddock, Generalissimo of H. B. M. Forces in America
Of a very different value are the copies Of the French Official reports of the action of the 9th Of July, 1755, SO kindly placed at the editor's disposal by Mr. Sparks; to whom the Society is also indebted for the use Of the copper-plate from which the plan of the battle-field is taken. TO Mr. Neville B. Craig, of Pittsburg, it is under like Obligations for the plate of Braddock's route; and to Mr. Paul We ber, Of Philadelphia, for the drawing of the wood-cut Of Braddock's grave, and for the elegant original landscape painting engraved as a frontispiece to this volume. To these gentlemen, and to Mr. John Jordan, junior, of Philadelphia, the Rev. Mr. Fran cis-orpen Morris, of N unburnholme Rectory, York shire, England, Dr. William M. Darlington, of Pitts burg, and Mr: Edward D. Ingraham, Of Philadel phia, both the Society and the editor must confess their Obligations. TO Mr. Ingersoll and Mr. Bucha nan, the late and present Ministers to England, and to Mr. Townsend Ward, the Librarian of the Society.
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