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Add MS 21697
- Record Id:
- 040-002034130
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002034056
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000197.0x0002f7
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- Add MS 21697
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CORRESPONDENCE of the English Ministers with Generals Amherst and Gage, Commanders-in-Chief in America; and with Generals Hon. James Murray and Sir Guy Carleton, Governors of Quebec; 1760-1778. Moist of the letters are copies or duplicates, with enclosures. The following autograph signatures occur: George III., ff. 97, 135; [William Legge] Earl of Dartmouth, and Lord George [Sackville] Germain [afterwards Viscount Sackville], Secretaries of State; [William Wildman Barrington] Viscount Barrington, Secretary-at-War; [John Montagu] Earl of Sandwich, John Buller, and Sir Hugh Palliser, Lords of the Admiralty; and the Secretaries of the Ministers. There are also the following miscellaneous letters : Francis Legge, Governor of Nova Scotia, to Sir Guy Carleton; Halifax, 8 Sept. 1774, f. 83. Robert Hunter to Lord Dartmouth; London, 2 Mar. 1775, f. 95. Rear-Admiral Robert Duff to Sir Guy Carleton; St. John's, 15 Sept. 1775, f. 114. Paper. Folio.
William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth: Correspondence with Gen. Amherst and others: 1760-1778.
Lord George Sackville-Germain, afterwards Viscount Sackville, Secretary of State: Correspondence with Gen. Amherst and others: 1760-1778.
Hugh Palliser, 1st Baronet 1773; Governor of Newfoundland: Correspondence with Gen. Amherst, etc.: 1760-1778.
General Hon James Murray, Successively Governor of Quebec and Minorca: Correspondence with the English ministers: 1760-1778.
Hon Thomas Gage, Major - General, Governor of Montreal and Massachusetts, Commander-in-Chief in America: Correspondence with the English Ministers: 1760-1778.
George III of England: Correspondence of ministers with generals commanding in America: 1760-1778.
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester: Correspondence with English ministers: 1760-1783.
John Buller, Lord of the Admiralty: Correspondence with Gens. Amherst, Gage, Hon. J. Murray and Sir G. Carleton: 1760-1778.
William Wildman Barrington-Shute, 2nd Viscount Barrington: Correspondence with Gens. Amherst, Gage, Hon. J. Murray and Sir G. Carleton: 1760-1778.
Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst: Correspondence with English ministers: 1760-1778.
includes:
- f. 83 Francis Legge, Governor of Nova Scotia: Letter to Sir G. Carlton: 1774.
- f. 95 William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth: Letter to, from R. Hunter: 1775.
- f. 95 Robert Hunter: Letter to Lord Dartmouth: 1775.
- f. 114 Robert Duff, Admiral: Letter to Sir G. Carleton: 1775.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002034056
036-002034090
040-002034130 - 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 21697 : CORRESPONDENCE of the English Ministers with Generals Amherst and Gage, Commanders-in-Chief in America; and with Generals Hon.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002034056[0002]/036-002034090[0032]/040-002034130
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 21631-21895
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1760
- End Date:
- 1778
- Date Range:
- 1760-1778
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Names:
- Amherst, Jeffrey, 1st Baron Amherst, army officer, 1717-1797
Buller, John, Lord of the Admiralty
Carleton, Guy, 1st Baron Dorchester, army officer and colonial administrator, 1724-1808
Duff, Robert, naval officer, 1721-1787
Gage, Thomas, Major - General, Governor of Montreal and Massachusetts, Commander-in-Chief in America
George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1738-1820
Hunter, Robert, of Add MS 21697
Legge, Francis, Governor of Nova Scotia
Legge, William, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, 1731-1801
Murray, James, General; Successively Governor of Quebec and Minorca
Palliser, Hugh, Governor of Newfoundland, 1st Baronet 1773
Sackville-Germain, George, afterwards Viscount Sackville, Secretary of State
Shute, William Wildman, 2nd Viscount Barrington, politician, 1717-1793