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Communications

To the Editor:

Harold Selesky's belated criticisms of my book Losing a Continent: France's North American Policy, 1753–1763 (Westport, Conn., 1998), in the William and Mary Quarterly, 3d Ser., 60 (2003), 267–69, contain too many misquotations and factual errors to let stand without response:

1. Selesky: "Wolfe's army at Quebec included American rangers, so it was not 'all-regular.'"

Actual text (p. 149): "Wolfe's all-regular army force on the Fields of Abraham."

Comment: Aside from the distortion of my text, the line of battle "consisted of 6 battalions and the detached grenadiers from Louisbourg." The only "American" unit that crossed the river with Wolfe was the "Royal Americans," and it remained "invisible" during the battle, having been assigned to guard the landing site (Parkman).

2. Selesky: "Pepperrell, not William Shirley, commanded the New England troops at Louisbourg." . . .

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