A History of the United States and Its People

Portrait of "The Brave Old Hendrick".

From a copperplate engraving in New York Public Library, Emmet Col-
lection.

Boulder Marking the Grave of Colonel Ephraim
Williams

From photograph supplied by Mr. Fred H. Bullard of Glens Falls, New
York.

Clement's Survey of Lake George Region, 1756

From original manuscript in possession of the American Antiquarian Society,
Worcester, Massachusetts.

Monument Commemorating the Battle at Lake
George

From a photograph.

Plan of the Battle of Lake George

between 88 and 89

Drawn by Samuel Blodget who was present during the battle as a sutler;
engraved by Thomas Johnston, a native painter and engraver of Boston.
Original plate measures about 1734 x 1334 inches. Of this plate there are
two issues. Our reproduction is from an original copy of the earlier state
in New York Public Library.

Map of the Country Between Crown Point and Fort

Edward

Redrawn from Mante's History of the Late War in North America, London,
1772.

Letter by William Johnson

From "Camp at Lake George, 6 Octbr 1755.
in Library of Congress.

Reproduced from original

The South View of Oswego on Lake Ontario

between 90 and 91

From William Smith's History of the Province of New-York, London,
1757. Original is a copperplate engraving, measuring 834 x 144 inches.
Reproduced from original in New York Public Library.

Autograph of James F. Mercer

In New York Public Library, Emmet Collection.

View of Halifax in 1764

Drawn on the spot by R. Short and engraved by James Mason. Original
in New York Public Library, Emmet Collection.

Autograph of Edward Cornwallis .

93.

From a letter written the latter part of 1749, in Archives of Massachusetts,
State House, Boston.

Plan of Fort Halifax. Plan of the Town of Hali

fax

Redrawn from Le Rouge's Recueil des Plans de l'Amerique Septentrionale,
Paris, 1755.

The Pequot Library, Southport, Connecticut, kindly placed this volume at our disposal for use in making these illustrations.

Folling's Plan of Fort Canso, Nova Scotia, in 1745 97

From original pen-and-ink plan in New England Historical and Genealogi-
cal Society, Boston.

Seal of Nova Scotia at the Time of George II.

From original impression in the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Map of Nova Scotia

Autograph of Charles Lawrence

Plan of Fort Lawrence.

From Memoires sur le Canada, Quebec, 1873.

Plan of Fort Beausejour

From Mante's History of the Late War in North America, London, 1772.
The illustration shows a small part only of the original map.
Robert Monckton (Portrait and Autograph)

Portrait from an original mezzotint in New York Public Library, Emmet
Collection.

Autograph from his letter of May 19, 1755, to Apthorpe, Hancock, and
Irving, about Governor Shirley's Provincial Regiment. In New York
Public Library, Emmet Collection.

Portrait of General John Winslow

(B. 1702, d. 1774.) From painting in Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, Massa-
chusetts, probably painted by Blackburn.

View of Grand Pré Meadows

From a photograph.

Portrait of Madame de Pompadour

From pastel by Latour in the Gallery of the Louvre, regarded as her best
portrait.

Louis-Joseph, Marquis de Montcalm-Gozon de
Saint-Véran (Portrait and Autograph)

The reproduction given is from a private photograph of the original oil
painting in possession of the present Marquis of Montcalm, Chateau d'Avèze,
France, who courteously supplied it, colored in facsimile of the original oil
painting. It is reproduced by us in colors, from this copy.

We are indebted to the interest taken in historical matters by Mr. Henry
Vignaud, secretary to the American Embassy, Paris, for courteous aid in
procuring this and many other items.

Autograph from his letter of August 27, 1757, in the New York Public
Library, Emmet Collection.

Map of the Mohawk-Oneida Route to Canada

Showing portage where Rome, New York, now stands.

Coat of Arms of William Shirley

107

115

116

118

From a copy in possession of the Bostonian Society, Old State House,
Boston.

From mezzotint engraved by Earlom, after Cotes, in the collection of the
Bostonian Society, Old State House, Boston.

Portrait of Thomas Pownall.

Coat of Arms of Thomas Pownall.

Reproduced in colors from a copy in the collection of the Bostonian Society,
Old State House, Boston.

John Campbell, Earl of Loudoun (Portrait and
Autograph)

Portrait from an original drawing, of which a print was made in 1765.
In New York Public Library, Emmet Collection.

120

Plan of Fort Frederick at Albany.

Redrawn from Roque's A Set of Plans and Forts in America, London,
1763.

Plan of the City of Albany

From Roque's A Set of Plans and Forts in America, London, 1763.
Map of the Eastern End of Lake Ontario
Plan of Forts Ontario and Pepperrell (Chouaguen,
Oswego)

From Memoires sur le Canada, Quebec, 1873.

Map of Montcalm's Attack on Oswego (Chouaguen)

Redrawn from map in Casgrain's Manuscrits du Chevalier de Lévis,
Quebec, 1891.

Map of the Forts at the Oneida Portage, 1756

Reproduced in the colors of the original, in the British Museum.
plans of the forts at the Great Carrying Place at this date.

Autograph of Israel Putnam.

From New York Public Library.

122

123

124

126

Shows

Robert Rogers "the Ranger" (Portrait and Autograph)

Portrait from a mezzotint in New York Public Library, name of engraver
unknown.

Autograph from New York Public Library, Emmet Collection.

127

128

Map of Pennsylvania, showing Battle of Kittanning 131 Chevalier de Lévis (Portrait and Autograph).

134

Portrait from a private photograph of painting owned by Count Lévis
Mirepoix. Procured for us by the courteous help of Mr. Henry Vignaud,
secretary to the American Embassy, Paris.

Autograph from New York Public Library, Emmet Collection.

Plan of the Vicinity of Fort Edward

From Roque's A Set of Plans and Forts in America, London, 1763.

Portraits of Marquis and Madame Bougainville
From Doughty's Siege of Quebec, by permission.

The original paintings are

in the possession of Madame la Comtesse de Saint Sauveur Bougainville.

Plan of the Attack on Fort William Henry

Redrawn from Casgrain's Manuscrits du Chevalier de Lévis, Quebec, 1891.

141

From a letter, dated November 17, 1753, recommending the promotion
of an officer. Supplied by the Keeper of the Public Records in Ireland
through the English War Office. All great libraries and important archives
of the United States and Canada, as well as the government depositories of
France and England, were ransacked in vain for a signature of Monro, until
this was discovered after a search extending over more than a year.

Relation des Avantages

The original is a small quarto leaf, of which we reproduce part of the first
page and ending of the second. From original in the collection of E.
Dwight Church, Esq., Brooklyn, New York.

Uniform of a French Soldier, 1755 (in colors)

Shows coat of steel gray, trimmed with blue and orange.

After water-color sketch in Documents Collected in France, vol. ix, p. 377,
in Archives of Massachusetts, State House, Boston.

William Pitt, First Earl of Chatham (Portrait and

148

Portrait from original painting by Hoare formerly in Viscount Bridgport's
collection; now in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Autograph from Netherclift's Autographs of the Kings and Queens, and
Eminent Men, of Great Britain, London, 1835.

Portrait of William Pitt

From original painting by Brompton, now in National Portrait Gallery,
London.

Autograph of James Abercromby

In New York Public Library, Emmet Collection.

Autograph of Edward Boscawen

From letter of May 19, 1758, in New York Public Library, Emmet
Collection.

Portrait from Cust's Catalogue of National Portrait Gallery. Original
painted by Thomas Gainsborough.

Sir Jeffrey Amherst (Portrait and Autograph)

Autograph from New York Public Library, Emmet Collection.

Map of the Siege of Louisburg, 1758

151

. 161

A French Frigate

From engraving in Lacroix's XVIIIme Siècle.

View of Louisburg during the Siege of 1758

between 166 and 167

From copperplate engraving published in 1760, in New York Public
Library, Emmet Collection.

Admiral Edward Boscawen (Portrait and Autograph).

167

Portrait from Cust's Catalogue of National Portrait Gallery. Original
painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1760.

Louisburg Taken" Medal.

168

Issued by Pingo, in 1758, and believed to have been an official issue. Repro-
duced from a specimen in the collection of Mr. R. W. McLachlan,
treasurer and curator, Numismatic and Antiquarian Society, Chateau de
Ramezay, Montreal, Canada.

169

"Admiral Boscawen" Medal

From a specimen in the collection of Mr. R. W. McLachlan, treasurer
and curator, Numismatic and Antiquarian Society, Chateau de Ramezay,
Montreal, Canada.

View of the Ruins of Louisburg Casemates.