Historical introduction -- Madam Knight's journal: A woman travels to New York, 1704 -- The present state of Louisiana: French life in New Orleans, 1743 -- Life and travels of Col. James Smith: An Indian captive in Ohio, 1755-60 -- Cleaveland's letters and diary: A chaplain at Ticonderoga, 1758 -- Major Rogers' journals: The raid on St. Francis, 1759 -- Anne Grant's memoirs: The children of Albany, 1762-68 -- Lieut. Jehu Hay's diary: Under siege in Detroit, 1763 -- Journal of Lord Adam Gordon: How our cities looked, 1765.