[FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR]. GRIDLEY, Richard, Colonel, British Army. ALS TO MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM JOHNSON (1715-1776), Fort Edward, [NY], 18 November 1755. 1¼ pp. folio, address leaf. PREPARATIONS FOR WAR AT FT. EDWARD: "As I look upon this Garrison to be of great Consequence all the precaution in my power shall be taken for the Support of it." He complains of a shortage of supplies, discusses scouting parties for Fort Anne. -- ST. CLAIR, John, British officer. ALS TO WILLIAM JOHNSON, Albany, 14 July 1756. 1 page, small 4to. Reinforcemnts for Fort Oswego: "I...[beg] the favour you will employ the Constables about you to collect all the Wagons...to rendevouse [sic] at Schenectady...for the march of the 44th. Regt. & its artillery towards Oswego." -- BRADFORD, James. ALS to Ezekiel Price, "Conduit Street," [London], 12 June 1758. 2 pages, 4to, integral address leaf. Bradford reports on the war: "The inclos'd news paper will inform you of the progress made in the Grand Expedition fitted out from hence upon the Coast of France...If we should meet with success in America, as well as in Europe this year, it is not doubted, but that the next will produce a peace..." -- DUNCAN, Alexander, Major, 55th Regmt. Partly printed document signed, a medical discharge, New York, 7 December 1764. 1 page, small 4to. Peter Wright is discharged after serving 8 years and 9 months. -- PAIN, Thomas. ADS, n.p., 21 May 1756. 1 page, oblong 4to. Pain certifies he voluntarily enlisted in Colonel Nathan Whiting's Provincial Regiment "to be employed for the defence and protection of His Majesty's Lands, & removing encroachments at or near Crown Point or parts adjacent during the Expedition." Together 5 items. (5) (5)