Benjamin Franklin: “It is a friendship of the utmost importance to our security, and should be carefully cultivated.”

An ancient sage valued himself upon this, that though he could not fiddle, he knew how to make a great city of a little one.

Many quarrels and wars have arisen between the colonies and Indian nations, through the bad conduct of traders, who cheat the Indians after making them drunk, &c. to the great expence of the colonies both in blood and treasure.

But when Britain values herself as affording us protection, we desire it may be considered, that we have followed her in all her wars, and joined with her at our own expence against all she thought fit to quarrel with.

If the English would advance one step further, or cover themselves where they are, it must be at once, by one large step over the mountains, with a numerous and military colony.