Great Game of 1755 Driven by Frontier Powers
In spring 1755 English and French faced off over a continent in play from Gulf to Canada. The French allied Gulf colonies with Canadian posts along the Mississippi and Ohio to guard routes to Lake Erie and Allegheny, while colonial fur trade feared loss to English advances. Europe, America wait as drums roll and rifles rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf
Canada
Mississippi
Ohio
Great Lakes
Montreal
Lakes
Illinois
Muskingum
Sciota
Lake Erie
le Boers
Allegheny
Allegheny Mountains
France
Europe
All
Falls of the Ohio
Busby
Return to Alexandria Brings Anxious War Winds
Webster Brond returns to Virginia after two years in exile to warn Governor Dinwiddie of shifting tides as Braddock prepares to lead a campaign toward Fort Duquesne. He reconnects with Josephine and Busby, notes colonial tensions, and observes Braddock’s unsure march toward war, awaiting the council’s sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Alexandria
Potomac
Webster Brand
France
Dinwiddie
Fort Duquesne
Shanoppin
Ohio Country
Pdrouillon
Laforce
de Villiers
Jumonville
Monongahela
Allegheny
Black' Brond
Webster Brond
Cheever
Market-Square
Richmond
Royal George
King's Post-Road
Busby
Maryland
Duquesne
Webster
Braddock
Web
Josephine
Carlyle House
Mr. Carlyle
Obe Dare
Probate Court Hearing for Jane Holmes Estate Notice
Four months from March 2 1928 are allowed for creditors to file claims against Jane Holmes deceased. Claims must be presented to the probate office in Harrison by July 2 1928 and will be heard July 9 1928 at ten in the forenoon. Thos S Dorsey Judge of Probate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Michigan
Clare
Jane Holmes
Harrison
Thos. S. Dorsey
John Lord
David A. Bryan
County of Clare'in Chancery
Glare Sentinel
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Hugh Pendexter
Huey Pendexter
Irwin Myers
W.N.U. Service
Gadsby’s
Lord Fairfax
William Henry of Lancaster
England
Atlantic
General Braddock
Sharpe
North America
Amertigal
Pennsylvania
Joe
Legals
State OF Michigan
Twenty-first Judicial Circuit
Chancary
Shadrach Jarman
Himself
Thomas T. Wood Philip Owens
Josiah L. Littlefield
South West
Township
North Range 6
West
F. H. Bousenbury
Mt. Pleasant
E. A. Anderson
Friz Undertaking
Andrew N. Friz
Lydia M. Friz
Motor Sales
Armour’s
Bran
Universal Portland Cement
Eig
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