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British army colonial manuscripts, ca. 1752-1807
Author
Great Britain. Army.
Pages:
3
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1 copy available at Manuscripts and Special Collections.
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British army colonial manuscripts, ca. 1752-1807
Great Britain. Army.
Control Number:
(N) SC20855
Corp/Agency author:
Great Britain. Army.
Title:
British army colonial manuscripts, ca. 1752-1807.
Quantity:
3 boxes.
Arrangement:
Chronological by series.
Abstract:
A collection of papers relating to British colonial forces during the late eighteenth century. Included are orders, receipts for supplies, inventories, letters by officers such as Jeffery Amherst and James Abercromby and other similar materials. A majority of the materials pertain to British forces in America during the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars. One item of particular interest is a statement showing the provisions necessary to maintain one corporal and eleven privates for one month.
Provenance note:
This collection was brought together by the State Library from several separate acquisitions in the late nineteenth century.
Indexes:
Unpublished finding aid available in repository and web site.
Corporate subject:
Great Britain. Army. Colonial Forces--United States.
Corporate subject:
Great Britain. Army--Supplies.
Corporate subject:
Great Britain. Army--Equipment.
Subject:
Indians of North America--Government relations.
Geographic terms:
United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Geographic terms:
United States--History--French and Indian War, 1775-1763.
Geographic terms:
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces.
Geographic terms:
Great Britain--Foreign relations--18th century.
Form/genre terms:
Letters (correspondence). aat
Form/genre terms:
Accounts. ftamc
Personal author:
Abercromby, James, 1706-1781.
Personal author:
Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797.
LOCATION:
Manuscripts and Special Collections New York State Library Albany, NY 12230.
Electronic access:
Finding aid; http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc20855.htm
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