Jeffery Amherst letter to Captain Thomas Graves, 1762 August 30

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Title:
Jeffery Amherst letter to Captain Thomas Graves, 1762 August 30
Description:
Letter from Jeffery Amherst dated August 30, 1762 from New York. The letter is addressed to Captain Thomas Graves, Commander of His Majesty's Ship Antelope, stationed at Placentia Bay. Amherst discusses the re-taking of the port of St. John's, Newfoundland from the French, with the assistance of Admiral Alexander Colville.
Creator:
Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, 1717-1797
Addressee:
Graves, Thomas Graves, 1725?-1802
Date:
August 30, 1762
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
Box 1 Folder 20 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Jeffery Amherst Collection
Subjects:
Amherst, Jeffery Amherst--1717-1797--Correspondence
Graves, Thomas Graves--1725?-1802--Correspondence
Great Britain--Navy--Records and correspondence
Great Britain--Army--Records and correspondence
United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763
Places:
United States
Extent:
1 item (2 pages)
Link to Item:
http://acdc.amherst.edu/view/asc:73940
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Place of origin:
New York (State)
Language:
English