Note 11 — HISTORICAL RECORD
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Cape Breton had been previously captured, in the year 1745, by the New England Militia, under the command of Colonel William Pepperell, assisted by a naval squadron under Commodore Warren. Mutual restitutions taking place by the conditions of the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, Cape Breton was restored to France, in exchange for Madras, which had been taken by the French.