g the whole north-western frontier of the
British colonies, and Indian scalping parties penetrated into the very
centre of Massachusetts, approached within a short distance of
Philadelphia, and kept Maryland and Virginia in constant alarm."
(History of the United States, Vol. II., p. 479.)]

[Footnote 236: "The Massachusetts General Court had provided barracks at
the castle for such British troops as might be sent to the province. But
some officers (from Nova Scotia) on a recruiting service, finding the
distance (three miles) inconvenient, demanded to be quartered in the
town. They insisted on the provisions of the Mutiny Act; but the
magistrates to whom they applied denied that Act to be in force in the
colonies. Loudoun warmly espoused the cause of his officers; he declared
'that in time of war the rules and customs must go, and threatened to
send troops to Boston to enforce the demand if not granted within 48
hours. To avoid this extremity, the General Court passed a law of their
own, enacting some of the principal provisions of the Mutiny Act; and
Loudoun, through Governor Pownall's persuasions, consented to accept
this partial concession. The General Court did not deny the power of
Parliament to quarter troops in America. Their ground was, that the Act,
in its terms, did not extend to the colonies. A similar dispute occurred
in South Carolina, where great difficulty was encountered in finding
winter quarters for the Royal Americans." (Hildreth's History of the
United States, Vol. II., pp. 476, 477.)]

[Footnote 237: Bancroft's History, Vol. IV., p. 267.]

[Footnote 238: "As the General Court of Massachusetts Bay had been
foremost in promoting the Crown Point expedition, and become
proportionally exhausted of money, so they lost no time in making such
use of the success of the troops in beating off the French as their
necessities dictated. They drew up an address to his Majesty, in which
they stated their services, and prayed to be relieved from the burden
incurred by means of them. They pleaded the precedent of the Cape Breton
expedition (for the expenses of which Parliament had compensated them),
and prayed that his Majesty would give orders for the support of such
forts and garrisons as they hoped to establish, and aid them in the
further execution of their designs.

"When the Commander-in-Chief urged upon them to join in the plan of the
Assembly of New Jersey, who proposed a meeting of Commissioners from all