Jeffery Amherst Collection 1757-1874 1757-1797

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Jeffery Amherst Collection 1757-1874 1757-1797

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Correspondence, portraits, news clippings, bills, and commemorative medals documenting Jeffery Amherst's career in the British Army. Correspondents include Thomas Hancock, Colonel John Bradstreet, Viscount William Barrington and Henry Dundas.

2.25 Linear feet, 3 flat oversize boxes, 1 archives box, 1 small media box; 3 flat oversize boxes, 1 archives box, 1 small media box, (2.25 linear ft.)

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Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

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Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793

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Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811

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Bradstreet, John, 1711-1774

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Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797

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