A plan of Fort George North Britain / Design[e]d & exec[ute]d by W. Skinner, Chief Engineer. 1763.

Great Britain. Board of Ordnance

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During the mid-eighteenth century the British government was alarmed by French incursions into western settlements of the American colonies in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. In 1754, the French and Indian War broke out in America. This led to the Seven Years War in Europe (1756–1763). The British prepared for war, and started to replace depleted military stores, particularly because it was decided to try to regain land from the French in the American...

Skinner, William, 1700-1780

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