. New France and New England. o oa)O OH u-)>-) <; os H<O THE ^l£W YORK pyELlC L18RARV, Aster, Lenox and TiWen^; f oun ?. BEGINNINGS OF THE GREAT WAR 237 York, to build a fortress at Oswego in 1722 upon land whichhe bought for the purpose from the Six Nations. As theNew York Assembly was as froward and penny wise . 1 he as usual, Burnet cut the Gordian knot by paymg foundingthe expenses out of his own pocket. This found-ing of Oswego was an event of prime importance in the his-tory of the United States, inasmuch as it diverted the main

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