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defenceno fOswego rested upon control of the lake, and thatjhad the 

 British avagl forces on the lake been brought up to the strength which 

 he had desi ned, all the skill of Montcalm, and the dash and enthusiasm 

 of the French and Canadians, would probably have been vain. 



APPENDIX. 



Extracts from the Letters of Captain Broadley in the Public Record Office. 



Adm. Sec. In Letters. Vol. 480. 



p. 1305. 



Oswego Sloop at Oswego, 15th Sept., 1755. 

 Sir 



I accquainted you in my Letter of the 21st Augst that his Excellency Major 

 General Shirley &c. had order'd the Ontario to be made a Sloop of, she was launched 

 the 24th Augst., and join'd me on the Lake the 9th Sepr., she sails extreamly well, 

 and is in every respect a much better Vessel than the Schooner I command. Upon 

 my Return here on the 13th & accquainting Major Gen. Shirley how well the sloop 

 behaved, we came to a Resolution to alter the Oswego as soon as the intended Ex- 

 pedition is over which will be attended with a very small Expence, as the Carpenters 

 are here that built her. I wrote to Mr. Keppel upon my leaving New York to 

 accquaint him that the Seamen which was provided for me there, was contracted 

 to serve no longer than the latter End of October, and that their wages was 

 three Pound ten shillings New York Currency p. mensm. the seamen for his Maje. 

 Sloop Ontario that Major Genl. Shirley &c, brought with him are contracted to 

 serve untill the latter End of Novemr. at much the same Wages, which I thought 

 was proper to accquaint you of, and that there will be no getting Seamen at New 

 York or Boston to come up early in the Spring, upon the Wages allowed in the 

 Navy. Inclosed I send you the Weekly Account of the two Sloops and am, Sir, 

 Your most humble servt., 



Housman Broadley. 



(A Copy— R. Spry). 

 To the Honble. Edwd. Boscawen, 

 Vice Admiral of the Blue, &c. 



p. 1306. Endorsed: 



Capt. Broadleys letter from Oswego. Dated 15th Septr., 1755. 



p. 1311. 



Oswego Sloop at Oswego the 20th Octor,. 1755. 

 Sir 



In my letter of the first of October I informed you of the Intended Expedition 

 against Niagara being put off, I sailed on the 2d with the Ontario, and one of the 

 small Schooners in Company, to Endeavour to discover, as far as I could to the 

 westward. After geting about thirty Leagues the Weather was so bad and the 

 Season so far advanced, I thought it would be running too great a Risk to continue 



