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JEFFREY AMHERST (1717-97) English General; Comander in Chief in North America (1759); captured Mo...

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JEFFREY AMHERST (1717-97) English General; Comander in Chief in North America (1759); captured Mo...
JEFFREY AMHERST (1717-97) English General; Comander in Chief in North America (1759); captured Montreal (1760); Governor General of British North America (1760-63); Commander in Chief of British Army (1772-95). LS, "Amherst" 1 1/2pp, Sept 18, 1779, legal folio, to Justin Vulliamy, interesting content re an offer by Swiss residents making themselves available for military duty in the event of invasion. In part, "...Having laid before The King [George III] the Paper Signed by yourself, and several other Gentlemen of Switzerland making an Offer to associate yourselves for the defence of this Country in case of an Invasion, and desiring that...you may be permitted to serve without any pay...His Majesty was pleased...in finding so much Zeal and Attachment to His Person and the safety of this Country in the Swiss Gentlemen residing in England...prepare a Roll of the Names...who are intended to to constitute the Body of People to be collected by this Association...when any occasion may arise, proper Officers may receive the King's Commissions..." Light soiling, o/w VG. $600-800