[Footnote 232: Hume and Smollett's History of England, Vol. XII., p. 25.

"Thus," says Minot, "ended the transactions of the year 1755--'a year,'
says a well-informed writer of that time, 'never to be forgotten in
America.' It opened with the fairest prospects to these distant
possessions of the British empire. Four armies were on foot to remove
the encroachments of a perfidious neighbour, and our coasts honoured
with a fleet for their security, under the command of the brave and
vigilant Boscawen. We had everything to hope--nothing to fear. The enemy
was dispersed; and we only desired a proclamation of war for the final
destruction of the whole country of New France. But how unlooked-for was
the event! General Winslow (great-grandson of Edward Winslow, one of the
patriarchs of the Plymouth Colony), indeed succeeded in Nova Scotia; but
Braddock was defeated; Niagara and Crown Point remained unreduced; the
savages were let loose from the wilderness; many thousand farms were
abandoned; the King's subjects inhumanly butchered or reduced to
beggary. To all which might be added an impoverishment of finances to a
desperate state, the Crown Point expedition having cost, on the part of
Massachusetts Bay alone, L76,618 8s. 9-1/2d., besides unliquidated
accounts to a large amount for the charge of the sick and wounded, the
garrisons at the two forts of William Henry and Edward, and the great
stock of provisions laid in for their support." (History of
Massachusetts Bay, Vol. I., pp. 259-261.)]

[Footnote 233: "Mr. Fox, on the 28th of January, presented to the House
of Commons a message from the King, desiring them to take into
consideration the faithful services of the people of New England and
some other parts of North America; upon which L115,000 were voted, and
L5,000 as a reward to Sir William Johnson in particular." (Hume and
Smollett's History of England, Vol. XII., p. 42.)

"The sum granted by Parliament was L115,000 sterling, which was
apportioned in the following manner: Massachusetts Bay,L54,000;
Connecticut, L26,000; New York, L15,000; New Hampshire, L8,000; Rhode
Island, L7,000; New Jersey, L5,000. This money arriving in New York with
the troops from England, enabled the Government (of Massachusetts) to
pay off by anticipation the sums borrowed of the Commander-in-Chief, and
to replenish the public treasury. They had also the satisfaction to find
that the Province had not only anticipated the King's expectations in