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Halifax's Observations
on Robinson's Proposals
(1755)
Halifax, George Montagu Dunk, Earl
of in: British Museum, 33, 029:167
and in Pease, French Series, vol.
II, 1936, pp. 111-114.
p. 112.
It must be further observed upon this Proposition, [evacuation of area by both England and France] that a Line drawn from the Apalachean Mountains to any Part of the Lake Ontario will effectually exclude His Majty's Subjects from the Right, which they most undoubtedly have, by the Treaty of Utrecht, of building Forts, & making Settlements, within the Territory, belonging to the Six Nations, on the South Side of Lake Eries: and should the Line be drawn from a given Point, at the North East Extremity of the Apalachean Mountains, to the North East End of Lake Ontario, It will likewise prevent His Majty's168v Subjects from the Enjoyment of the Right, which They have by the same Treaty, of building Forts, & making Settlements on the South East Side of the Lake Ontario.
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