Accounts of military expenses, 1753-1763 (bulk 1755-1759).

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Accounts of military expenses, 1753-1763 (bulk 1755-1759).

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Records of the Massachusetts General Court from 1747 to 1758 refer to various committees of war delegated with prosecuting the part of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in the British campaign against the French. A Boston-based Committee of War (Resolves 1754-55, c 325), which directed another such committee residing in Albany (Resolves 1755-56, c 305 and c 307), approved payment of funds for war-related expenses supporting forces in the region of Lake George and Crown Point, New York. Series documents expenses as approved by the committee and submitted to the Treasury.

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