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A half-century of conflict. France and England in North America. Part ...

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;234 FORT MASSACHUSETTS. [1746.Appended to it are the remarks <strong>of</strong> the author onthe conduct <strong>of</strong> the war. He comphi<strong>in</strong>s that plansare changed so <strong>of</strong>ten that none <strong>of</strong> them take effect;that terms <strong>of</strong> enlistment are so short that the commissarycan hardly serve out provisions to the menbefore their time is expired; that neither bread,meat, shoes, nor blankets are kept on h<strong>and</strong> for anemergency, so that the enemy escape while the soldiei-sare gett<strong>in</strong>g ready to pursue them ; that the pay <strong>of</strong> adrafted man is so small that twice as much would nothire a laborer to take care <strong>of</strong> his farm <strong>in</strong> his absence<strong>and</strong> that untried <strong>and</strong> unfit persons are commissionedas <strong>of</strong>ficers :much truth.<strong>in</strong> all <strong>of</strong> which strictures there is no doubtMr. Doolittle's rueful narrative treats ma<strong>in</strong>ly <strong>of</strong>miscellaneous murders <strong>and</strong> scalp<strong>in</strong>gs, <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g onlyto the sufferers <strong>and</strong> their friends; but he alsochronicles briefly a formidable <strong>in</strong>road that still holdsa place <strong>in</strong> New Engl<strong>and</strong> history.It may be remembered that Shirley had devised aplan for captur<strong>in</strong>g Fort Fr(5d^ric, or Crown Po<strong>in</strong>t,Bay ; from the Beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> the French War, proclaimed hy the K<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong><strong>France</strong>, March \bth, 1743-4 ; <strong>and</strong> hy the K<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> Great Brita<strong>in</strong>, March2Qth, 1744, to August 2nd, 1748. Drawn up by the Rev. Mr. Doolittle,<strong>of</strong> <strong>North</strong>Jield,<strong>in</strong> the County <strong>of</strong> Hampshire ; <strong>and</strong> found among his Manuscriptsafter his Death. And at the Desire <strong>of</strong> some is now Published,with some small Additions to render it more perfect. Boston ; Pr<strong>in</strong>ted<strong>and</strong> sold by S. Kneel<strong>and</strong>, <strong>in</strong> Queen Street. MDCCL.The facts above given concern<strong>in</strong>g Mr. Doolittle are drawn fromthe excellent History <strong>of</strong> <strong>North</strong>field by Temple <strong>and</strong> Sheldon, <strong>and</strong> the<strong>in</strong>troduction to the <strong>Part</strong>icidar History <strong>of</strong> the Five Years' French <strong>and</strong>Indian War, by S. G. Drake.

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