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Add MS 21678
- Record Id:
- 040-002034110
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002034056
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000197.0x0002e4
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- Add MS 21678
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GENERAL ORDERS and letters addressed to the commanding officers at Niagara, by Generals Sir Jeffery Amherst and Hon. Thomas Gage, Commanders-in-Chief in North America; and by Deputy-Adjutant-General Richard Maitland; Sir William Johnson, Bart.; and General Sir Guy Carleton, Governor of Quebec; 1759-1774. The following letters also occur:
Major Alex. Duncan to Major Walters; Fort Ontario, 20 June, 1762, f. 15. Samuel Shirtland, a missionary; 25 Mar. 1766, f. 70. Captain T. Sower, Engineer; New York, 25 Mar. 1769, f. 124. General Frederick Haldimand to Lieut.- Colonel F. Smith, commanding at Niagara; New York, 15 June, 1773, f. 167. Lieut.-Colonel F. Smith to General 8 Mar. 1774, f. 181. Haldimand; Niagara, 1773-1774, ff. 171-180, 183. The same to Major Thomas Moncreiffe; At the end of the volume are copies of orders sent to Niagara; 1774- 1778. Paper. Folio.
Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet: Orders and letters to commanding officers at Niagara: 1759 - 1774.
Niagara, Canada: Orders and letters to commanding officers at: 1759-1774.
Hon Thomas Gage, Major - General, Governor of Montreal and Massachusetts, Commander-in-Chief in America: Orders and letters to the commanding officers at Niagara: 1759-1774.
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester: Orders and letters to the commanding officers at Niagara: 1759-1774.
Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst: Orders and letters to commanding officers at Niagara: 1759-1774.
includes:
- f. 15 Alexander Duncan, Major: Letter to Maj. Walters: 1762.
- ff.39-102 passim Hon Richard Maitland, Colonel, Dep. Adj.-General: Orders to the commanding officers at Niagara: 1765-1768.
- f. 70 Samuel Shirtland, Indian Missionary: Letter to Capt. Arnot: 1766.
- f. 124 T- Sowers, Captain: Letters to Gen. Haldimand and Capt. Brown: 1769-1773.
- ff. 167, 171-180, 181, 183 Francis Smith, Lieutenant -Colonel: Correspondence with Gen. Haldimand and others: 1773-1774.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002034056
036-002034090
040-002034110 - Is part of:
- Add MS 21631-21895 : The following numbers, 21,631-21,895, inclusive, were presented by William Haldimand, Esq. :
Add MS 21661-21892 : The official correspondence and papers of Lieut.- General Sir Frederick Haldimand, K. B., commanding at various posts in…
Add MS 21678 : GENERAL ORDERS and letters addressed to the commanding officers at Niagara, by Generals Sir Jeffery Amherst and Hon. Thomas… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002034056[0002]/036-002034090[0014]/040-002034110
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 21631-21895
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1759
- End Date:
- 1778
- Date Range:
- 1759-1778
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Amherst, Jeffrey, 1st Baron Amherst, army officer, 1717-1797
Carleton, Guy, 1st Baron Dorchester, army officer and colonial administrator, 1724-1808
Duncan, Alexander, army officer, fl 1762
Gage, Thomas, Major - General, Governor of Montreal and Massachusetts, Commander-in-Chief in America
Johnson, William, 1st Baronet
Maitland, Richard, Colonel, Dep. Adj.-General
Shirtland, Samuel, Indian Missionary
Smith, Francis, Lieutenant -Colonel
Sowers, T-, Captain - Places:
- Niagara, Canada