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[1] Crown Point, built by the French in 1731, greatly strengthened by the British, who took it in 1759.

[2] Ticonderoga, familiarly called "Ty" because the early spelling of the name was Tyconderoga. Built 1755–56 by the French, taken 1759 by the British, under Amherst. Three weeks before the battle of Lexington, an agent of Massachusetts was sent to ascertain the feelings of the people of Canada. His first advice was that "Ty" should be seized as quickly as possible.

[3] Montcalm's Prophecy came true in St. Clair's case in 1777.

[4] Skenesborough, now Whitehall, named for Philip Skene, a retired British officer, who settled on lands granted him after the French War. He had about fifty tenants, and a few negro slaves.

[5] The Captured Artillery was taken to Cambridge on sleds in midwinter, by Colonel Knox. It enabled Washington to bring the siege of Boston to a favorable conclusion.