Jeffery Amherst letter to Lt. Col. Bradstreet, March 5, 1759
Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797
United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763
Bradstreet, John, 1711-1774
Letter from Jeffery Amherst to Lt. Col. John Bradstreet regarding construction of boats, hire and pay of laborers, and finance for military campaign, March 5, 1759. Several months later Amherst successfully captured Fort Ticonderoga on the Hudson River from the French.
In this letter the word "battoes" means bateaux -- a long, tapering, flat-bottomed, river boat.
Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797
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1759-03-05
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Letter to Mary Boltwood
United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763
Letter to Mary Boltwood from her husband on the day before he says he is to set sail with a large contingent of soldiers, from Lake George to Ticonderoga.
Fort Ticonderoga controlled the route between the Hudson River Valley and Canada in the wars of the eighteenth century. In 1755, Ticonderoga (Fort Carillon to the French) was built by the French on a military road on an Indian portage between the two lakes. The area then became an active place of fighting between the Indians, French, British, and Americans. General Jeffery Amherst captured the fort in late July, 1759, several weeks after this letter was written.
Letter is incomplete. In this letter the word "battos" means "bateaux" -- a long, tapering, flat-bottomed river boat.
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1758-07-05
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