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Constitution! Broadside, ca. October 23, 1855. (GLC 06409.01)

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A British Perspective on the French and Indian War, 1755

An anonymous editorialist, in an article reprinted from London’s Gentleman’s Magazine in the Maryland Gazette, argues that “Canada must be subdued” in this 1755 piece explaining why England’s American colonies were worth protecting from French encroachment.