“The American Colonies in general are equally in danger from Canada, whether it remain in the bands of Britain, under the present form of its Government, or should be restored to the French, which many suspect is intended by the Ministry in England.”
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BENEDICT ARNOLD TO THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. Crown Point, June 13,1775. Italics preserved as written.
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