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History Daily: August 9
CAPITULATION OF FORT WILLIAM HENRY On August 9, 1757, English Fort William Henry, New York, surrendered to French & Indians troops. Fort William Henry was a British fort at the southern end of Lake George, in the province of New York. The fort’s construction was ordered by Sir William Johnson in September 1755, during the French and Indian War, as a staging ground for…
History Daily With Francis Chappell Black 