Note 1215 — Chapter VIII · (continued 2)

Sparks, Franklin, iv. 325. Smith (New York, 1814, p. 266) says “there was only an entry in the books of the secretary for Indian affairs,” and the surrender “through negligence was not made by the execution of a formal deed under seal.” Cf. French encroachments exposed, or Britain’s original right to all that part of the American continent claimed by France fully asserted.... In two letters from a merchant retired from business to his friend in London. London, 1756. (Carter-Brown, iii. 1,115.)