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1753 “Measures are taken by the French to enforce their claims to various parts of the country & to prevent them from being any longer contested by the English. About this time forts are constructed by the French at Crown Point, Niagara, Riviere au Boeuf, and at the junction of the Monongahela & Alleghany Rivers.The chain of posts along the lakes & the Mississippi is also strengthened by the addition of new works, and improvements are made upon them already established."