Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Burnet” in chapter 5 of George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition.:
... this spot, with a reasonable settlement, will enable us—thus they reasoned—to dictate law to the Iroquois, and to exclude the English from the fur-trade.
And, in 1726, four years after Burnet had built the English trading-house at Oswego, the flag of France floated from Fort Niagara.
The fortress at Niagara gave a control over the commerce of the remote interior: if furs descended by ...
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| † | Burnet | 74 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 0 user votes | |
| David G. Burnet | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| William Burnet | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Gilbert Burnet | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Barnwell Rhett Burnet | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| J. B. Burnet | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Amos Burnet | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Henry C. Burnet | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| B. S. Burnet | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| J. Burnet | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| A. W. Burnet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| D. Burnet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| H. C. Burnet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Henry Burnet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| J. H. Burnet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Mary Burnet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| C. L. Burnet | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| James Burnet | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| John Burnet | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| S. Burnet | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
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