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Parkman Vol. 1 Part II, Chapter 17
It long remained a mystery why Charles I king of England consented to a stipulation which pledged him to resign so important a conquest. So France
Parkman Vol. 1 Part II, Chapter 16
English attack Quebec; Quebec incapable of defense. Only fifty pounds of gunpowder were left in the magazine; and the fort, owing to the neglect and
Parkman Vol. 1 Part II, Chapter 15
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Parkman Vol. 1 Part II, Chapter 14
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