The French and Indian War, 1754-1763

In its wider imperial aspects, the French and Indian War is called the Seven Years War, and a thorough discussion of it is available in Lawrence Henry Gipson's The Great War for the Empire, New York: Alfred Knopf, 1942, 2 vols. The Connecticut aspect is included, though not emphasized, in a doctoral dissertation by James Alan Rogers, “Northern Colonial Opposition to British Imperial Authority During the French and Indian War.” (University of California, Santa Barbara, 1968) General readers will have to find accounts in the comprehensive Connecticut histories listed in the early sections of this bibliography. But see the following:

Anderson, F. W. "Why Did Colonial New Englanders Make Bad Soldiers? Contractual Principles and Military Conduct During the Seven Years War." William and Mary Quarterly 3rd series 38(July, 1981)3:395-417.

Bates, Albert C., ed. "Rolls of Connecticut Men in the French and Indian War, L 755-1162." Collections of the CHS 9-10(1903-1904). 2 vols.

Blake, Henry. "The Battle of Lake George (Sept 8, 17'15) and the Men who Won it," Papers of the NHCHS 8(L9141:109-5 1. Focus on two Connecticut officers, Colonel Nathan Whiting and General Phineas Lyman.

DeWitte, Frank, ed. Connecticut Soldiers in the French and Indian War: Bills, Receipts and Documents. Vineland, N.J., 1925. Includes some official letters; miscellaneous documents; a suit against Israel Putnam; letters of Gideon Hawley, missionary to the Indians. No scholarly apparatus. A forty-one-page pamphlet.

Welles, Lemuel A. "Letters of Col. Nathan Whiting Written from Camp during the French and Indian War." Papers of the NHCHS 6(1900): 133-50. The letters were written from Louisburg, Crown Point, and other places where Whiting was serving as an officer between 1747 and 1755.