MDDM: Chs 33 & 34 -- Notes and ( lots of) Questions

[jbor]

on 11/2/02 1:22 PM, Scott Badger at lupine at ncia.net wrote:

> 328.33 'Teutonical dispensation'??
> 
I think it's to do with the way the English crown was just handed over to
the Hanoverian dynasty in 1714. I'm interested also in the imbedded quote:
"'A harsh winter,-- a cold spring,-- a dry summer,-- and *no King*.'" It
sounds like it could be from a popular rhyme or song, and seems to refer to
the way that the new king, George I, the Elector of Hanover (who couldn't
speak a word of English), dawdled across the channel, and didn't arrive in
England to claim his throne until seven weeks after Queen Anne's death.

> 330.18 'The attempt to relieve Fort Pitt continues'
> http://www.fortpittmuseum.com/History.html :
> 'Though never attacked by the French, Native American forces from May 27 to
> August 9, 1763 besieged Fort Pitt.'  But this is January...?

But I think it's January 1764.

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