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History of Northampton, Massachusetts, from its settlement in 1654;

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164 HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTON. [1748.<br />

Louisburg Given Up. Peace was piircliasecl with Louisbiirg.<br />

The recession <strong>of</strong> that fortress and the<br />

Island <strong>of</strong> Cape Breton to France was the price paid for the<br />

short cessation <strong>of</strong> hostilities that followed. That this<br />

stronghold, won by the valor <strong>of</strong> the colonies, should be<br />

returned to <strong>its</strong> former owners, was peculiarly gall<strong>in</strong>g to the<br />

pride <strong>of</strong> New England, soothed though it was by the payment<br />

<strong>of</strong> a round sum <strong>of</strong> money <strong>in</strong>to the treasury <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Prov<strong>in</strong>ce, to cover the expenses <strong>of</strong> the campaign.

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