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United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

George A. Plimpton (AC 1876) Collection of French and Indian War Items

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00195
Abstract

Original and reproduction maps, portraits, drawings, autograph letters, broadsides, newspaper clippings, muster rolls, receipts and a variety of other documents documenting the history of the French and Indian War. The collection particularly focusses on British forces and the campaigns directed by General Jeffery Amherst, Commander-in-Chief of the troops in North America (1758-1763), which culminated with the capture of French Canada in 1763.

Dates: 1670-1934 ; Majority of material found within 1730-1815

Jeffery Amherst Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MA.00196
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1757-1874; Majority of material found within 1757-1797