Orderly book : manuscript, 1759 June 11-July 5.

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Orderly book : manuscript, 1759 June 11-July 5.

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General orders issued to British and American troops under Jeffrey Amherst preparing for the attack on Ticonderoga. In the hand of Elias Dayton, who served as a lieutenant in the New Jersey militia on this campaign. In 1761 he used the back of the book to keep accounts.

1 v. in case ; 22 cm.

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