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A. 1 do think they would as far as their circum- 
stances would permit. They consider themselves as 
a part of the British empire, and as having one com- 
mon interest with it; they may be looked on here as 
foreigners, but they do not consider themselves as 
such. They are zealous for the honor and prosperity 
of this nation; and, while they are well used, will 
always be ready to support it, as far as their little 
power goes. In 1739 they were called upon to assist 
in the expedition against Carthagena, and they sent 
three thousand men to join your army. It is true, 
Carthagena is in America, but as remote from the 
northern colonies as if it had been in Europe. They 
make no distinction of wars, as to their duty of assist- 
ing in them. 
I know the last war is commonly spoken of here, 
as entered into for the defence, or for the sake, of the 
people in America. I think it is quite misunderstood. 
It began about the limits between Canada and Nova 
Scotia; about territories to which the crown indeed 
laid claim, but which were not claimed by any British 
colony; none of the lands had been granted to any 
colonist; we had therefore no particular concern or 
interest in that dispute. As to the Ohio, the contest 
there began about your right of trading in the Indian 
country, a right you had by the treaty of Utrecht, 
which the French infringed; they seized the traders 
and their goods, which were your manufactures; they 
took a fort which a company of your merchants, and 
their factors and correspondents, had erected there 
to secure that trade. Braddock was sent with an 
army to retake that fort (which was looked on here 
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