The journals of Jeffery Amherst, 1757-1763 . Volume 1 The daily and personal journals / / edited by Robert J. Andrews

• Pubblicazione: East Lansing, Michigan : , : Michigan State University Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (610 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.2/534092
• Soggetto topico: Generals - Great Britain
• Soggetto geografico: United States History French and Indian War, 1754-1763
• Persona (resp. second.): AndrewsRobert J. <1937->
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Illustrations; Maps; Acknowledgments; Jeffery Amherst in America: A Personal Assessment; The Texts; Part One. The Daily Journals: Amherst MSS U1350 O15; Preface to the Daily Journals; U1350 O15/1: 14 January 1758 to 18 June 1758; U1350 O15/2: 19 June 1758 to 9 August 1758; U1350 O15/3: 10 August 1758 to 20 November 1758; U1350 O15/4: 21 November 1758 to 13 July 1759; U1350 O15/5: 14 July 1759 to 23 September 1759; U1350 O15/6: 24 September 1759 to 28 May 1760; U1350 O15/7: 29 May 1760 to 9 August 1760; U1350 O15/8: 10 August 1760 to 11 September 1760 ; U1350 O15/9: 12 September 1760 to 8 June 1761U1350 O15/10: 19 July 1761 to 27 February 1763; U1350 O15/11: 28 February 1763 to 9 November 1763 ; U1350 O15/12: 16 November 1763 to 29 December 1763; List of the Men of War; State of the Provincial Troops in 1759; State of the Provincial Troops in 1760; State of the Provincial Troops in 1761; State of the Provincial Troops in 1762; Provincial Troops, Voted and Raised, in the Years 1759-1762; State of the Recruits Demanded of the Several Provinces in the Year 1762; Part Two. The Personal Journal: Amherst MSS U1350 O14 ; Preface to the Personal JournalExtracts from Amherst's Journal U1350 O14, 14 January 1758-29 December 1763; Distribution of Troops, Diagrams, Orders, etc., 1758; Distribution of Troops, Diagrams, Orders, etc., 1759; Distribution of Troops, Diagrams, Orders, etc., 1760; Distribution of Troops, Diagrams, Orders, etc. 1761; Distribution of Troops, Diagrams, Orders, etc. 1762; Distribution of Troops, Diagrams, Orders, etc. 1763; Currency Table; New Establishment of Regiments, 1763; Ranging Companies Employed During Amherst's Command; List of Vessels Built and Taken on the Lakes ; State of Provincial Troops, 1759-1762Officers Killed, Dead, or Missing in the American Army, 1758-1763; List of Men of War employed at New York; Mileage Charts; Untitled List of Regiments; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: General Jeffery Amherst served as commander in chief of the British army in North America during the Seven Years' War from 1758 until 1763. Under Amherst's leadership the British defeated French forces enabling the British Crown to claim Canada. Like many military officers, Amherst kept a journal of his daily activities, and the scope of this publication is from March 1757, while he was Commissary to the troops of Hesse-Kassel on British service in Germany, until his return to Great Britain in December 1763. The daily journal contains a record of and a commentary on events that Amherst witnes
• Titolo autorizzato: The journals of Jeffery Amherst, 1757-1763
• ISBN: 1-60917-424-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910796907103321
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