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REPAIRING FORT DETROIT.
We find, sir, that till the year 1750 the Fort was about half the extent it now is. The inhabitants till hen were obliged to furnish one picket for each foot of ground they assessed in front within the Fort and pay annually two sol per foot to the Crown by way of quit rent. It was with difficulty that the circumstance of
this place could accomplish the payment of their dues to the French King. Of which he proved his sensibility by easing the inhabitants of the heavy burden of furnishing pickets; for from that time the Fort was enlarged upon an entire new plan at the sole expense of the Crown.
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