Sir Jeffery, 1st Baron Amherst: Official Papers 1740-83

 

Official Papers and Correspondence of Jeffery, 1st Baron Amherst, Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in North America 1758-64, Governor-General of British North America 1760, absentee Governor of Virginia 1763-1768, Governor of Guernsey 1770, Privy Councillor 1772, officiating Commander-in-Chief at home 1772-1782, Commander-in-Chief 1793-95, Field Marshal 1796. Class List W.0.34 at the Public Records Office.

 

 

LIST OF CONTENTS AND INDEX TO REELS

This list of contents of reels is based on the full listings from the Library of Congress and the Public Record Office, extracts from which appear at the beginning of each reel of microfilm. The "WO" numbers in the text refer to the class list. The "PRO" numbers are the Public Record Office's guide to the manuscript volumes.

This list is thus intended as a reel-guide only, and should be supplemented by consulting the Public Record Office: List of Indexes War Office Records Vol. 1 (Fin 08312) "Private Collections: Amherst Papers W.0.34", photocopies of which can be supplied by the P.R.O.

 

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Sir Jeffery, 1st Baron Amherst: Official Papers 1740-83

 

List of Contents of Reels

 

 

REEL 1            WO 34/1             PRO 239/1

53  Letters to Jeffery Amherst from James Murray 1760-62. Letters from Murray to William Pitt and John Yorke 1761. Papers relating to military affairs at Quebec 1761.

REEL 2           WO 34/2             PRO 239/2

54  letters to Amherst from Murray, 1762-3. Letters to Murray from John Montresor and Edward Whitmore 1760-62. Letters from Murray to Whitmore 1760. Other miscellaneous letters and papers relating to military affairs in Quebec 176 2.

REEL 3            WO 34/3-4          PRO 240/1-2

WO 34/3: 122 letters from Amherst to Murray 1760-63. WO 34/4: Letters to Amherst from various correspondents 17 59-63. Copy of an ode. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents 1759-63.

REEL 4            WO 34/5             PRO 258/1

100 letters to Amherst from Thomas Gage 1760-63. Papers relating to military affairs at Montreal 1762-63. Letters to Gage from Lt. Browne and Ensign King 1763.

REEL 5            WO 34/6             PRO 259/1

68 letters to Amherst from Ralph Burton 1760-63. 18 letters to Amherst from Sir Frederick Haldimand 1762. Papers relating to military affairs at Trois Rivieres 1760-62.

REEL 6            WO 34/7             PRO 260/1

12 letters from Amherst to Gage 1760-63; 26 to Haldimand 1762-3;

61 to Burton 1760-3. Letters from Amherst to Murray 1761-3.

REEL 7            WO 34/8-9          PRO 260/2-261/1

WO 34/8: Canadian miscellaneous papers and returns 1759-62.

WO 34/9: 67 letters to Amherst from Haldimand 1758-63. 65 letters

to Haldimand from Amherst 1759-63.

REEL 8            WO 34/10           PRO 261/2

Correspondence between Amherst and Marquis de Vaudreuil 1759-60. Correspondence of Montcalm, Lord Loudoun, Vaudreuil, Amherst, James Abercromby, and various French officers 1757-60. Letters from Francois Charles de Bourlamque to Montcalm, Amherst, and others 1753. Traite et conventions pour les malades 1759 (printed). Letters to Amherst from various correspondents and other French officers 1759-61. Articles of capitulation of Ft. William Henry. Letters to Vaudreuil from William Haviland, Loudon, and Abercromby 1757-8. Letters from Abercromby to Montcalm and others 1758. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents and other French officers 1759-61.

REEL 9            WO 34/11           PRO 262/1

Correspondence between Amherst, Charles Lawrence and Jonathan Belcher, 1759-63. Other correspondence 1758-60. Papers relating to military affairs in Nova Scotia. 1758-62. Other correspondence 1759-62. Letters from Amherst to Monckton, Edward Whitmore, William Forster, and Montagu Wilmot.

REEL 10          WO 34/12           PRO 262/2

59 letters to Amherst from William Forster 1760-63. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents and other officers in Nova Scotia 1760-63. Letters to Forster from various correspondents 1761-2. Letters from Forster to MacKenzie and Belcher 1761-2. Other correspondence 1761-62.

REEL 11          WO 34/13-14     PRO 263/1-2

WO 34/13: 88 letters from Amherst to Forster 1759-63. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents and other officers in Nova Scotia 1759-63. Papers relating to military affairs in Nova Scotia 1763.  WO 34/14: 74 letters to Amherst from John Henry Bastide 1760-62. Letters to Amherst from Hugh Debbieg, Patrick MacKellar, Robert George Bruce, and William Jeffray 1759-61.

REEL 12         WO 34/15           PRO 264/1

29 letters to Amherst from John Henry Bastide 1762. 54 letters from Amherst to Bastide 1759-62. Papers relating to engineering matters 1760-62. Other correspondence 1759-63.

REEL 13          WO 34/16           PRO 265/1

Letters from Amherst to various correspondents in Newfoundland and New Brunswick 1760-63. Other correspondence 1757-63. Papers relating to military forces at New York 1762.

REEL 14          WO 34/17           PRO 265/2

71 letteis to Amherst from Edward Whitmore 1758-61. 63 letters

from Amherst to Whitmore 1759-61. Other correspondence 1758-62.

REEL 15          WO 34/18           PRO 266/1

49 letters to Amherst from John Tulliken 1759-63. 44 letters from Amherst to Tulliken. 1759-63. Papers relating to military and naval affairs at Louis burg 1754-1762.

REEL 16          WO 34/19           PRO 266/2

83 letters to Amberst from Alexander Duncan 1760-63. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents 1760-63. Papers relating to military affairs at Ft. Ontario 1760-63.

REEL 17          WO 34/20-21      PRO 267/1-2

110 letters from Amherst to Alexander Duncan 1760=63. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents 1760-63. Papers relating to military affairs in New York 1760.  WO 34/21. 38 letters to Amherst from various correspondents and officers at Ft. Niagara 1762-63. Papers relating to military affairs at Ft. Niagara 1762-63.

REEL 18         WO 34/22           PRO 268/1

36 letter to Amherst from John Wilkins 1762-63; 15 from Walters 1762. Letter to Amherst from various correspondents and officers at Ft. Niagara 1762-63. Papers relating to military affairs at Ft. Niagara 1762-1763.

REEL 19         WO 34/23-4        PRO 268/2, 269/1

41 letters from Amherst to Walters 1760-62; 34 to John Wilkins 1762-63; 21 to Eyre 1669-61. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents 1759-63. Papers relating to military affairs in New York 1760.

WO 34/24

58 letters from Amherst to Benjamin Wentworth 1756-63; 48 to Stephen Hopkins 1756-62. Papers relating to New Hampshire 1762-1763. Other correspondents 1757-63.

REEL 20         WO 34/25           PRO 269/2

22 letters to Lord Loudon from Thomas Pownall 1757-58. 51 letters to Thomas Amherst from Pownall 1758-59. Other correspondence 1758-9.

REEL 21          WO 34/26           PRO 270/1

17  letter to Amherst from Pownall 1760; 12 from Thomas Hutchinson 1760-62; 87 from Sir Francis Bernard 1760-63. Letters to Amherst from Gabriel Christie, Thomas Goldthwait, and others, 1760-62.

REEL 22         WO 34/27           PRO 270/2

98 letter from Amherst to Pownall 1757-60; 80 to Sir Francis Bernard 1760-63; 18 to Thomas Hutchinson 1757-60. Letters

from Amherst to various correspondents. Other correspondence

1757-9.

REEL 23          WO 34/28           PRO 271/1

50 letters to Amherst from Thomas Fitch 1758-63. 85 letters from Amherst to Fitch 1756-63. Papers relating to affairs in Connecticut 1759.

REEL 24          WO 34/29           PRO 271/2

11 letters to James Abercromby from James DeLancey 1758. 68 letters to Amherst from DeLancey 1758-60; 75 from Cadwallader Golden 1760-63. Papers relating to affairs in New York 1758-1759. Other correspondence 1758-62.

REEL 25          WO 34/30           PRO 272/1

80 letters from Amherst to James DeLancey 1758-60; 92 to Colden 1760-63; 15 to Robert Monckton 1762-63. Other correspondence 1756-7.

REEL 26          WO 34/31-2        PRO 272/2-3

26  letters to Amherst from Bernard 1759-60; 22 from Thomas Boone 1760-61; 51 from Josiah Hardy 1762-63. 11 letters from Amherst to Jonathan Belcher 1765-57; 35 to Bernard 1758-60;

27 to Boone 1760-61; 44 to Hardy 1762-3. Other correspondence 1758-63. WO 34/32. 23 letters from Amherst to William Denny 1756-59; 60 to James Hamilton 1759-63. Other correspondence 1755-58.

REEL 27          WO 34/33-4        PRO 273/1-2

57 letters to Amherst from Hamilton 1759-63. Letters to Amherst from Denny and John Penn 1759-63. Papers relating to Indian Governors' Conference 1759. WO 34/34. 23 letters to Amherst from Horatio Sharps 1759-62. 11 letters from Lord Loudon to Sharpe 17 59-5 8. 22 letters from Amherst to Henry Ellis 1 7 5 8-61; 11 to Wright 1760-63. Other correspondence 1756-62. Depositions made in Maryland against various soldiers, 1757.

REEL 28         WO 34/35-6        PRO 274/1-2

19 letters to Amherst from Arthur Dobbs 1758-63; 17 from

William Henry Lyttleton 1 759-60; 50 from William Bull 1760-62;

18  from Thomas Boone 1762-63. WO 34/36. 16 letters from Amherst to Arthur Dobbs 1760-63; 12 to Lyttleton 1759-60; 24 to Bull 1760-61; 21 to Thomas Boone 1762-63. 46 letters from Amherst to the governors of the Colonies 1759-63. Other correspondence 1757-8.

REEL 29         WO 34/37           PRO 275/1

83 letters to Amherst from Francis Fauquier 1759-63. 85 letters

from Amherst to Fauquier 1759-63. Other correspondence

1758-63.

REEL 30         WO 34/38           PRO 275/2

28 letters from the Commander-in-Chief to Sir William Johnson 1756-58. 130 letters from Amherst to Johnson 1758-63. Letters from Monsieur Kerlerec to the Commander-in-Chief and the French Ministry 1756-57. Papers relating to Indian affairs 1756-1756-63. Other correspondence 1758-63.

REEL 31          WO 34/39           PRO 276/1

21 letters to Abercromby from Sir William Johnson 1758-59. 97 letters to Amherst from Johnson 1758-63. Papers relating to Indian affairs 1756-1759. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents 1759-63.

REEL 32         WO 34/40           PRO 277/1

11 letters to Lord Loudon from Henry Bouquet 1757-58. 64 letters to Amherst from Bouquet 1759-63. Papers relating to Indian affairs 1758-1763. Other correspondence 1756-63.

REEL 33         WO 34/41          PRO 278/1

78 letters from Amherst to Bouquet 1759-63. Letters to Bouquet from the Commander-in-Chief and William Amherst 1757-62. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents. Papers relating to military affairs 1763.

REEL 34         WO 34/42          PRO 278/2

32 letters to Amherst from Lord Colville 1759-63. 17 letters from the Commander-in-Chief to Sir Charles Hardy 1756-58. 19 letters from Amherst to James Campbell 1759-61; 49 to Colville 1759-63; 20 to John Hale 1762-63. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents 1758-63. Other correspondence 1756-62.

REEL 35         WO 34/43          PRO 279/1

50 letters to Amherst from Robert Monckton 1758-62. 48 letters from Amherst to Monckton 1759-61. 28 letters to Amherst from Phineas Lyman 1759-63. Monckton's journal, Sept 11-Nov 20,

1758.  Report on fortifications of Quebec, Sept 1759. Other correspondence 1756-61.

REEL 36         WO 34/44          PRO 280/1

28 letters to Lord Loudoun from Peregrine Thomas Hopson 1757-58. 11 letters from Loudoun to Hopson 1757-58. Letters to Lord Loudoun from Viscount Barrington, William Pitt, Marquis de Vaudreuil, and Marquis de Montcalm. Papers relating to military affairs 1758. Other correspondence 1757-9.

REEL 37        WO 34/45          PRO 280/2

37 letters to Amherst from John Stanwix 1759-60. 24 letters from the Commander-in-Chief to Stanwix 1758. 38 letters from Amherst to Stanwix 1758-60. Papers relating to military affairs in New York 1759. Other correspondence 1756-59.

REEL 38        W0 34/46A-B    PRO 281/1

75 letters to Amherst from Thomas Gage 1759-60. 68 letters from Amherst to Gage 1759-60. Papers relating to military affairs in New York 1759. Other correspondence 1756-60. WO 34/46B. 14 letters from Lord Loudoun to John Winslow 1756. 16 letters to Amherst from Charles Lawrences 1758-59. 11 letters from Amherst to Lawrence 1758-59. 12 letters to Amherst from John Prideaux 1759. 21 letters from Amherst to Prideaux 1759. 12 letters to Amherst from Lord Rollo 1760-61. 23 letters from Amherst to Lord Rollo 1760-61. 13 letters from Loudoun to Daniel Webb 1756-57. Papers relating to military affairs in New York, 1756-1760. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents 1758-61.

REEL 39        WO 34/47          PRO 241/1

11  letters to Amherst from Archibald Montgomery 1760. 12 letters to Amherst from James Glen 1760-61; 20 from William Byrd 1761-63. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents 1760-63. Papers relating to Indian affairs in the Southern colonies

1759.  Other correspondence 1758-9.

REEL 40        WO 34/48-9       PRO 241/2, 282/1

14 letters from Amherst to Archibald Montgomerie 1760. 29 letters from Amherst to James Grant 1760-62. 17 letters from Amherst to William Byrd 1760-63. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents 1760-63. Papers relating to military affairs in South Carolina 1760-1761. WO 34/49. James MacDonald's journal of the siege of Detroit. 22 letters to Amherst from Donald Campbell 1761-63; 18 from Henry Gladwin 1761-63. 19 letters from Amherst to Campbell 1761-63; 29 to Gladwin 1761-63. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents 1760-63. Papers relating to military affairs at Detroit 1762-1763. Description of country and route from Detroit to the Mississippi. Letters from Amherst to the inhabitants of Detroit 1761-63.

REEL 41         WO 34/50          PRO 283/1

12 letters to Amherst from William Spearing 1760-62; 14 from John Wrightson 1760-61; 23 from John Ormsby 1762-63. 21 letters from Amherst to Diedrich Brehm 1759-62; 15 to Wrightson 1760-61; 19 to Ormsby 1762-63. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents 1759-63. Papers relating to military affairs at Ft. Ticonderoga. Other correspondence 1759-63.

REEL 42        WO 34/51          PRO 284/1

90 letters to Amherst from William Haviland 1759-61; 56 from Robert Elliot 1761-63; 22 from Nathaniel Whiting 1761-62. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents.

REEL 43         WO 34/52          PRO 284/2

110 letters from Amherst to William Haviland 1759-62; 13 to Nathaniel Whiting 1761-62;to Robert Elliot 1761-63. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents 1759-63.

REEL 44         WO 34/53-4        PRO 148/1, 159/1

23 letters to Amherst from Eyre Massey 1759-61; 27 from John

Campbell 1760-63. 27 letters from Amherst to Massey 1759-61;

11  to William Browning 1759; 34 to Campbell 1760-63; 11 to Thomas Baugh 1762-63. Papers relating to military affairs at Ft. Stanwix 1759-61. Letters to Amherst from various corres­pondents 1759-63. Other correspondence 1759-63. WO 34/54:

12 letters to Amherst from Henry Gladwin 1760-62. 11 letters from Amherst to Gladwin 1760-63; 13 to Thomas Sterling 1759. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents 1769-63. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents at Ft. William Augustus, Ft. Edward and Ft. George 1759-63.

REEL 45        WO 34/55          PRO 146/1

12 letters to Amherst from Campbell Dalrymple 1761-63; 11 from Robert Monckton 1761-62; 14 from Lord Albemarle 1762;

12 from William Keppel 1763. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents and other officers in the West Indies 1761-63. Papers relating to military affairs in the West Indies 1761-1762.

REEL 46         WO 34/56          PRO 146/2

18 letters from Amherst to Andrew Rollo 1761-62; 22 to Robert Monckton 1761-62. Letters from Amherst to various correspon­dents and other officers in the West Indies 1761-62. 221 letters from Amherst to John Bradstreet 1759-63.

REEL 47        WO 34/57          PRO 160/1

258 letters to Amherst from John Bradstreet 1758-63. Other correspondence 1758-63.

REEL48        WO 34/58-60     PRO 160/2, 147/1,161/1

47 letters from Amherst to John Bradstreet 1759. Letters to Bradstreet from Lord Loudoun, the Commander-in-Chief, and William Amherst, Mar. 1757-June 1760.

WO 34/59-60

26 letters to Amherst from George Coventry 1759-61. 27 from John St. Clair 1759-63. 31 to Coventry 1759-62, 11 to Gabriel Christie 1759-63. 54 to James Robertson 1759-63. Letters from Amherst and other officers of the Quartermaster General's Department 1759-63. Other correspondence 175 8-63. WO 34/60: 14 letters from Amherst to Charles Robertson 1760-61. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents 1760-63. Papers relating to transports and shipping 1761-63. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents, other masters of vessels, and other officers 1759-63.

REEL 50        WO 34/61          PRO 161/2

219 letters to Amherst from Thomas Hancock 1759-63. Letters from Amherst to Hancock 1760. Papers on the supply of transports 1760. Letters to Samuel Hughes and others 1761-62.

REEL 51         WO 34/62-3        PRO 143/3-2

182 letters from Amherst to Hancock 1759-63. Letters from the Commander-in-Chief to Hancock 1758. Letters to Amherst from John Dennie and Benjamin Hallowell 1762. WO 34/63: 64 letters to Amherst from David Pryce 1759-63. 91 letters from Amherst to Pryce 1759-63; 18 to William Shackerly 1761:62. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents. Papers relating to transports. Other correspondence 1757-62.

REEL 52        WO 34/64-5       PRO 285/1-2

13 letters to Amherst from James Napier 1759-63. Letters from Amherst to Napier 1759-63. 30 letters to Amherst from Joshua Loring 1759. Papers relating to British hospitals in North America 1757-63. Other correspondence 1758-63.

REEL 52        WO 34/65          PRO 285/2

56 letters to Amherst from Loring 1760-63; 17 from Nathaniel

Wheelwright 1761-63. 63 letters from Amherst to Loring 1761-63.

20 letters to Wheelwright 1760-1763 and other officers of lake

vessels 1760-63. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents

1760-61.

WO 34/65

56 letters to Amherst from Loring 1760-63; 17 from Nathaniel Wheelwright 1761-63. 63 letters from Amherst to Loring 1767-63. 20 letters to Wheelwright 1760-1763 and other officers of lake vessels 1760-63. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents 1760-61.

REEL 53         WO 34/66-7       PRO 286/1-2

33 letters to Amherst from DeLancey & Watts 1760-63.61 letters from Amherst to DeLancey and Watts 1760-63; 15 to Oliver DeLancey 1760-62. 30 letters to Amherst from Leonard Jarvis 1759-62. 35 letters from Amherst to Jarvis 1759-62. Letters to Amherst from DeLancey and Henry Liddel 1760-62. Papers relating to the supply of provisions 1760-1761. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents 1760-63. WO 34/67: 29 letters to Amherst from Robert Leake 1762-63. 78 letters from Amherst to Leaks 1750-64. Papers relating to military stores and provisions 1761-1763. Letters to Amherst from various corres­pondents 1762-63. Other correspondence 1762-63. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents 17 59-64.

REEL 54         WO 34/68-9       PRO 287/1-2

59 letters to Amherst from Leake 1759-62. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents 1759-62. Papers relating to military stores and provisions 1756-62. WO 34/69: 38 letters to Amherst from Eyre 1759-63. 28 letters from Amherst to Eyre 1759-61; 24 letters to Christopher Kilby 1759-61. 21 letters from Amherst to Plumsted and Franks 1761-63; 22 from William Plumsted 1762-63. 21 letters from Amherst to Plumsted and Franks 1761-63; 18 to Plumsted 1762. Letters to Amherst to various correspondents. 1759-63. Other correspondence 1757-63. Papers relating to military stores and provisions 1758-1763.

REEL 55         WO 34/70-71      PRO 288/1-2

40 letters from Amherst to James Furnis 1758-63. 14 letters to Amherst from Charles Ward Apthorp 1759-63; 27 from Hugh Wallace 1759-63. 28 letters from Amherst to Apthorp 1759-63; 33 to Wallace 1758-63. Other correspondence 1756-63. WO 34/71: 11 letters to Lord Loudoun from Lord Barrington 1756-57. Letter from George II to Robert Dinwiddle Aug. 1753. Papers relating to military affairs in North America 1753-1756. Other correspondence 1754-57. Letters from Henry Fox to the governors in North America and the officer in North America 175 5-56. Letters to Loudoun from William Pitt and others 1756-57. Letters from Pitt to various correspondents 1756-57. Letter from Lords of the Treasury to the Paymaster General, Mar. 1757.

REEL 56         WO 34/72          PRO 289/1

11  letters to Abercromby from Pitt 1757-5 8. 18 letters to Amherst from Samuel Martin 1760-62. Other correspondence 1757-58. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents and other British officials 1759. Papers relating to military affairs in New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland 1757-1762. Instructions to Amherst and certain colonial governors, June 1762. Letters from several British officials to George III, June 1763.

REEL 57        WO 34/73          PRO 289/2

14 letters from Abercromby to Pitt 1758. 14 letters from Amherst to Martin 1759-60. Other correspondence 1754-60. Papers relating to military affairs in the colonies 1755-1760.

REEL 58        WO 34/74          PRO 290/1

19 letters from Amherst to Martin 1761-62. 13 to John Cleveland 1762-63. Letters from various correspondents 1761-64. Papers relating to military affairs in the colonies 1760-1764.

REEL 59        WO 34/75          PRO 291/1

Letters to Lord Loudoun from various correspondents. Other correspondence 1756-58. Papers relating to military affairs in the colonies 1757-1758.

REEL 60        WO 34/76          PRO 291/2

21 letters from Abercromby to James Provost 175 8. Papers relating to military affairs in New York 1755-1758. Letters from Shirley to Hobbs, Speakman, and Lamson, May-Aug. 1756. Letters from Lord Loudoun to various correspondents 1756-68. Letters from Abercromby to various correspondents 175 8. Letters to Abercromby from various correspondents 1756-59. Other correspondents 1758.

REEL 61         WO 34/77-8       PRO 292/1-2

14 letters to Amherst from Ralph Burton 1759; 14 from James Montresor 1759. Papers relating to military affairs in the colonies 1759. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents Jan.-Aug. 1759. Other correspondence 1759.  WO 34/78: 26 letters to Amherst from Montresor 1759. Letters to Amherst from Various correspondents, several French officers, and others 1750. Other correspondence 1759.

REEL 62        WO 34/79-81      PRO 293/1-3

12 letters from Amherst to Ralph Burton 1759. Orders issued by Amherst to various officers and other papers 1759. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents Jan-May 1759. WO 34/80:

16  letters from Amherst to Montresor 1759. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents June-Aug 1759.  WO 34/81:

13 letters from Amherst to Abijah Willard 1759; 31 to Montresor

17 50. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents Sept-Dec 1759.

REEL 63         WO 34/82          PRO 294/1

Letters to Amherst from various correspondents, several French

officers and others, Jan-Aug 1760. Other correspondence 1760.

REEL 63         WO 34/82          PRO 294/1

Letters to Amherst from various correspondents, several French

officers and others, Jan-Aug 1760. Other correspondence 1760.

REEL 64         WO 34/83          PRO 295/1

Letters to Amherst from Various correspondents. Other

correspondence 1760.

REEL 65        WO 34/84          PRO 295/2

Miscellaneous papers and letters from Amherst. French and Indian war details Jan-Jun 1760.

REEL 66         WO 34/85          PRO 296/1

Miscellaneous papers and letters from Amherst. Letters and military instructions and orders to various correspondents; returns, transports, provisions, killed and wounded; lists of promotions, grants of leaves of absence; disposition of Engineers employed in America; letters regarding provisions Jul-Dec 1760.

REEL 67         WO 34/86          PRO 297/1

Miscellaneous papers and letters to Amherst. Letters from various correspondents. These letters are concerned chiefly with minor governmental and military affairs, recommendations, reports, returns, accounts, memorials and promotions Jan-Jun 1761.

REEL 68        WO 34/87          PRO 297/2

Miscellaneous papers and letters to Amherst. Letters from Lord Barrington, Secretary of War, etc. regarding official affairs, the marriage of the King, etc; letters from various correspondents. Accounts, returns, lists of military successions, etc. Jul-Dec 1761.

REEL 69        WO 34/88          PRO 298/1

Letters from Amherst regarding hospital service, recommenda­tions, promotions, provisions, recruiting, military orders and instructions to officers in North America, etc. Jan-Jun 1761.

REEL 70        WO 34/89          PRO 300/1

Miscellaneous papers and letters from Amherst, several letters to military officers regarding prevalence and punishment of deserters; supplies, engineering works, etc. Jun-Dec 1761.

REEL 71         WO 34/90          PRO 300/2

Letters to Amherst from various correspondents. Letters from Barbados, Montreal, Nova Scotia. Returns, ordnance stores, must muster rolls, etc. Jan-Jun 1762.

REEL 72        WO 34/91          PRO 301A/1

Letters to Amherst from various correspondents. Letters from Montreal, Quebec, the Southern States; requests for transfers, reports on recruiting service, etc. Jul-Dec 1762.

REEL 73        WO 34/92-3       PRO 301B/2

Letters from Amherst to various correspondents; successions, returns, accounts Jan-Jun 1762. WO 34/93:  Miscellaneous papers and letters from Amherst.  To officers in America, orders, instructions concerning recruits, transfers; to merchants concerning supplies, etc. Jul-Dec 1762.

REEL 74        WO 34/94          PRO 302/1

Miscellaneous papers and letters to Amherst. Letters from friends and officials in England concerning official and military affairs, Jan-Jun 1763.

REEL 75        WO 34/95          PRO 302/2

Miscellaneous papers and letters to Amherst. Letters from officers serving in America, merchants, etc. regarding governmental and military affairs; lists concerning reduction of the Army in America; etc. Jul-Dec 1763.

REEL 76         WO 34/96-7        PRO 303/2

Letters from Amherst to various correspondents. Lists of expense accounts, ordnance and stores, etc. Jan-Jun 1763. WO 34/97: Letters from Amherst chiefly to military officers serving in America; orders, instructions, especially concerning suppression of Indian uprising, to various correspondents Jul 1763-Feb 1764. Miscellaneous correspondence (Raising of Troops; Prisoners of War; Pay Question) 1757-65.

REEL 77        WO 34/98          PRO 303/3

Other correspondence 1757-63. Correspondence between Amherst and Anthony Wheelock, 1758-1762 regarding raising of troops; & expenses of the Army.

REEL 78        WO 34/99          PRO 304/1

75 letters to Amherst from John Calcraft 1758-63. 24 letters from Amherst to Calcraft 1760-63. Other correspondence 1757-62. Papers relating to military affairs in the colonies 1756-1761.

REEL 79        WO 34/101-2     PRO 305/1-2

Miscellaneous papers relating to military affairs in Canada and New England 1712-1760. Other correspondence 1757-60. WO 34/102: Letters from Amherst to various correspondents. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents 1761-63. Amherst's orders and appointments Aug-Oct 1763. Letters from the governor of St. Louis to other colonial governors. Feb 1762. Discourse on mechanic of warfare in North America with illustrations. Explanation of code used by the Army/Map of Coxpoor Island and other military papers.

REEL 80        WO 34/103        PRO 306/1

322 letters, reports and other papers relating to the Gordon riots, June 1-12 1780: King's proclamation for suppressing rebellion, July 1715. Letters from Lord Carteret 1721-35. Letter to the Treasury from Sir John Willes and Sir Dudley Ryder May 1735. Reports to Amherst from various officers June 4-12 1780. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents June 5-12 1780. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents, June 6-12 1780. Proclamation of George III and Order in Council June 7, 1780. Other correspondence June 7-11 1780. Other correspondence June 5-12 1780. Pamphlet called 'The Thunderer'June 8 1780. Plan of Kennet subduing the mob June 9 1780. King's proclamation June 12 1780. Other miscellaneous letters June 5-12 1780.

REEL 81         WO 34/104        PRO 307/1

280 letters, reports and other papers relating to the Gordon riots June 13 1780-Feb 1781: 14 letters to Amherst from Thomas Twisleton June 13-Aug 15 17 80. 17 letters from Amherst to Twisleton, June 13-Aug 12 1780. Reports to Amherst from Hugh Debbieg, and others, June 13-16 1780. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents June 13 1780-Feb 4 1781. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents June 13-Aug 13, 1780. Letters to Twisleton from Kennet etc., June 14-July 4 1780. Letters to Leonard Morse from various correspondents, June 14-July 26 1780, Letters from Morse to various correspondents June 14-July 26 1780. Letter from Lord President of the Council to Lord Mayor June 15 1780. Letter from London military association to the King.

REEL 82        WO 34/105        PRO 308/1

42 letters to Amherst from Paulus Emilius Irving Apr 1778-Sept 1779. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents. Papers relating to the Channel Islands 1778-1779.

REEL 83         WO 34/106         PRO 308/2

20 letters from Sharpe to Morse 1779-80. 57 letters to Amherst from Irving 1779. 11 letters to Amherst from Conway 1779-80. Papers relating to the Channel Islands 1779-1780. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents. Other correspondents 1779-80.

REEL 84          WO 34/107         PRO 309/1

61 letters to Amherst from Irving 1781. Letters to Morse from various correspondents 1781. Papers relating to the Channel Islands 1781. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents 1781. Letter from Amherst to the King.

REEL 85          WO 34/108         PRO 309/2

19 letters to Amherst from Irving 1781-82. 42 letters from Sharpe to Morse 1782-84. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents 1782. Letters to Morse from Amherst and others. Letters from Bishop to the Lords Committee for Affairs of Guernsey and Jersey Mar 1 784. Petition of George Gostling to the King Mar 1784. Papers relating to the Channel Islands and sale of captured enemy ships 1782-84.

REEL 86          WO 34/109-10   PRO 310/1-2

30 letters and papers relating to military supply regulations for America 1765 ; quelling of riots; the Board of Ordnance; the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and other military matters, 1715-1778. WO 34/110: U.S. debt to Continental Congress Jan 1778. Amherst's instructions to Augustus Keppel and other officers 1778. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents 1778. The Royal Gazette, New York Mar 17 1778 (printed). Let Letters from General Washington to several of his friends in the year 1776 in which are set forth a fairer and fuller view of American politics 1778 (printed). Extract from the King's secret instruction to Sir Henry Clinton, Mar 1778. Letters from George Germain to Clinton and the Lords of the Admiralty, Mar-Apr

1778.  Letters from Lord Barrington to Sir David Lindsay, the Duke of Marlborough, and John Burgoyne, Mar-June 1778. Papers relating to military affairs 1758-1778. King's secret instructions to the governor of New Hampshire, Apr 1778. Other correspondence 1778.

REEL 87          WO 34/111         PRO 318/1

Letters to Amherst from various correspondents. July-Dec 1778. List of Officers and other papers relating to military affairs, Sept-Dec 1778. Other correspondence 1778. Petition of merchants of London to the King 1778('.'). Letters from prisoners in the King's Bench to Amherst and the King Dec 1778.

REEL 88         WO 34/112-3     PRO 318/2, 319/1

Speech of George III, 1779(?)Letters to Amherst from various correspondents Dec 1778-Jan 1779. Précis of correspondence relating to Military affairs 1779. State of British troops in North America under Sir Henry Clinton, Jan 1779. Other correspondence

1779.   WO 34/113: Letters to Amherst from various correspond­ents Feb-Mar 1779. Papers relating  to military affairs 1779. Other correspondence Feb 1779. Epitome of Kitt's rebellion 1549.

REEL 89         WO 34/114-5      PRO 319/2, 320/1

Papers relating to military affairs, 1779. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents Apr-May 1 779. Sketch of part of Moushold Heath 1779. WO 34/115: Sketches of West Point and Stony Point, June 1 779. Military plans and other military papers June 1779. State of British troops in England, Scotland, Jersey, Guernsey, and Ireland, June 1779. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents. Other correspondence June 1779. Letters from Duke of Newcastle to the Secretary of state and the Master general of Ordnance, Sept-Dec 1745.

REEL 90         WO 34/116         PRO 320/2

Papers relating to military affairs July 1779. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents May-July 1779. Other correspondence July 1779.

REEL 91          WO 34/117         PRO 321/1

Papers relating to military affairs Aug 1779. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents Aug 1779. Letters to Leonard Morse from James Dagge etc. Aug 1779.

REEL 92          WO 34/118         PRO 321/2

Letters to Amherst from various correspondents. Other corres­pondence Sept 1779.

REEL 93          WO 34/119         PRO 322/1

Letters to Amherst from various correspondents Oct 1779-Jan 1781. Other correspondence Oct 1779. Papers relating to military affairs Oct 1779.

REEL 94          WO 34/120        PRO 322/2

Letters to Amherst from various correspondents Nov 1779. Minutes of Jamaica conference of planters and merchants Nov 1779. Other correspondence 1779.

REEL 95          WO 34/122-3      PRO 323/2, 324/1

Petition, with enclosures, of Council and Assembly of Jamaica to the King Dec 1773-Dec 1779. Letters to Morse from William Knox and others Jan 1780. Letters to Morse from William Knox and others Jan 1780. Letters to Amherst from various correspond­ents Jan 1780. Other correspondence Jan 1780. WO 34/123: Letters to Amherst from various correspondents Feb 1780. Other correspondence Feb 1780. Papers relating to military affairs 1780.

REEL 96         WO 34/125         PRO 324/2

Letters to Amherst from various correspondents. Other corres­pondence May-June 1780. Papers relating to military affairs.

REEL 97          WO 34/126         PRO 325/1

Papers relating to military affairs, July-Aug 1780. Letters to George Germain from Morris and Brook Watson, July-Aug 1780. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents. Other corres­pondence Jul-Aug 1780.

REEL 98         WO 34/127         PRO 326/1

Papers relating to military affairs 1780. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents. Other correspondence Sept-Oct 1780.

REEL 99         WO 34/128-9     PRO 326/2, 327/1

Letters to Amherst from various correspondents. Other corres­pondents Nov-Dec 1780. List of promotions and other papers relating to military affairs 1780. WO 34/129: Papers relating to military affairs 1781. Letters to Amherst from various corres­pondents. Other correspondence Jan 1781.

REEL 100       WO 34/130        PRO 327/2

Letters to Amherst from various correspondents Feb 1781. Other

correspondence Feb 1781.

REEL 101       WO 34/131-2     PRO 328/1-2

Letters to Amherst from various correspondents Mar 1781. Papers relating to the East India Company 1753-1769. Other corres­pondence Mar 1781. WO 34/132: Letters to Amherst from various correspondents Apr 1781. Other correspondence Apr 1781. Copy of General Advertiser and Morning Intelligencer Apr 24 1780.

REEL 102       WO 34/133-4      PRO 329/1-2

Letters to Amherst from various correspondents. Other corres­pondence May 1781. WO 34/134: 12 letters to Amherst from Haviland June 1781. Letters to Morse from Townsend and others, June 1781. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents June 1781.

REEL 103       WO 34/135         PRO 330/1

Letters to Amherst from various correspondents. Other corres­pondence July 1781. Papers relating to military affairs July 1781.

REEL 104       WO 34/136         PRO 330/2

Letters to Amherst from various correspondents Aug 1781. Other correspondence 1781. Papers relating to matters of ordnance.

REEL 105       WO 34/137         PRO 331/1

17 letters to Amherst from Haviland, Sept 1781. Papers relating to military affairs 1781. Letters to Amherst from various corres­pondents. Other correspondence Dec 1781.

REEL 106       WO 34/138         PRO 332/1

12 letters to Amherst from Haviland Oct 1781. Papers relating to military affairs 1761. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents Oct 1781. Other correspondence Oct 1781.

REEL 107       WO 34/139         PRO 332/2

1 3 letters to Amherst from Haviland, Nov 1781. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents Nov 1781. Papers relating to military affairs 1781. King's speech to Parliament and address in reply Nov 1781.

REEL 108       WO 34/140-1      PRO 333/1-2

Letters to Amherst from various correspondents Dec 1-14 1781. Petition of Du Pasquier to the King. Papers relating to military affairs 1781. Letters from Amherst to Erskine and Lord Carlisle Dec 1781-Jan 1782. Other correspondence Dec 1781. WO 34/141: Letters to Morse from William Knox and others Dec 15-31 1781. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents Dec 25-31  1781. Letters from Amherst to George III Jan 1782.

REEL 109       WO 34/142-3      PRO 334/1-2

Letters to Amherst from various correspondents Jan 1782. Other correspondence Jan 1782. Papers relating to a Court of Inquiry concerning recruiting held July 27 1781 and to other military affairs, 1782. Thomas Maude. Poems dedicated to Lord and Lady Amherst 1782.  WO 34/143: Letters to Amherst from various correspondents Feb-Dec 1782. Other correspondence 1782. Papers relating to military affairs 1782.

REEL 110       WO 34/144         PRO 335/1

Papers relating to military affairs 1771-1778. Letters to Lord Barrington from R. Browne etc. Other correspondence 1772-7. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents Dec 1777-June 1778. Other correspondence 1777-8.

REEL 111       WO 34/145         PRO 336/1

Letters to Amherst from various correspondents July-Sept 1778. Other correspondence Aug-Sept 1778.

REEL 112       W0 34/146A      PRO 337/2

Letters and memorials to Amherst from various correspondents Nov-Dec 1778. Regulations for standard, colors, clothing etc of marching regiments and cavalry Dec 1768. Papers relating to military affairs 1778. Letters to Morse from various correspondents Dec 1778. Other correspondence Dec 1778.

REEL113       W0 34/146B      PRO 337/1

Letters and memorials to Amherst from various correspondents Oct-Nov 1778. Letters to Morse from George Bastide and others Oct-Nov 1776. Distribution of North American troops and other papers relating to military affairs 1778. Other correspondence Nov 1778.

REEL 114       WO 34/147         PRO 338/1

Papers relating to ordnance Jan-Mar 1779. Letters and memorials to Amherst from various correspondents Dec 1778-Jan 1779. Letters to Morse from Meyrick and others Jan 1779. Other corres­pondence Jan 1779. Papers relating to military affairs 1776-1779.

REEL 115       WO 34/148         PRO 339/1

Letters and memorials to Amherst from various correspondents Feb 1779. Letters to Morse from Richard(?) Atkinson. Other correspondence Feb 1779.

REEL 116       WO 34/149        PRO 340/1

Letters and memorials to Amherst from various correspondents Mar 1779. Other correspondence Mar 1779. Papers relating to military affairs 1779.

REEL 117       WO 34/150        PRO 341/1

Letters and memorials to Amherst from various correspondents Apr 1779. Papers relating to military affairs 1779. Other corres­pondence Apr 1779.

REEL 118       WO 34/151         PRO 348/1

Letters and memorials to Amherst from various correspondents May 1779. Other correspondence May 1779.

REELS 119-20      WO 34/152       PRO 349/1

Letters and memorials to Amherst from various correspondents. Letters to Morse from Adam Williamson and others June 1779. Papers relating to military affairs 1779. Other correspondence June 1779.

REEL 121       WO 34/153         PRO 350/1

Letters and memorials to Amherst from various correspondents July 1-16 1779. Letters to Morse from Williams Chester and others July 1-16 1779. Papers relating to military affairs, 1779. Other correspondence July 1779.

REELS 122-3       WO 34/153       PRO 351/1

Letters and memorials to Amherst from various correspondents July 17-31 1779. Letters to Morse from Andrew Lyon and others July 1779. Papers relating to ordnance and other military affairs, 1779. Letters to Jenkinson from Lord North and John Adams, July 1779.

REEL 124       WO 34/154         PRO 352/1

13 letters to Amherst from R. Peirson. Aug 1779. Letters and memorials to Amherst from various correspondents Aug 1779. Papers relating to military affairs 1779. Other correspondence Aug 1779.

REEL 125       WO 34/155         PRO 353/1

12 letters to Amherst from R.Peirson Sept 1779. Letters and memorials to Amherst from various correspondents Sept 1779. Letters to Morse from Arthur Mair and others Sept 1779. Papers relating to military affairs 1779.

REELS 126-7      WO 34/156       PRO 354/1

11  letters to Amherst from R.Peirson Oct 1779. Letters and memorials to Amherst from various correspondents Oct 1779. Letters to Morse from various correspondents 177 9. Papers relating to military affairs Oct 1779. Other correspondence 1779.

REEL 128       WO 34/157         PRO 355/1

State of troops at Jamaica; Caicroft letters; Home guard affairs.

Nov 1779.

REEL 129       WO 34/158        PRO 356/1

Cabinet letters; Home defence affairs. Dec 1779.

REEL 130       WO 34/159         PRO 357/1

Raising of militia; letters re ordnance; general correspondence with government officials. Jan 17 80.

REEL 131       WO 34/160        PRO 358/1

Comments on difficulties in raising troops; letters indicate general feeling of unrest at home. Feb 1780.

REEL 132       WO 34/161         PRO 359/1

21 letters to Amherst from William Haviland Mar 1780. Letters and memorials to Amherst from various correspondents Mar 1780. Letters to Morse from Thomas S. Wilson 1780. Other correspondence Mar 1780. Papers relating to military affairs 1780.

REEL 133       WO 34/162        PRO 360/1

15 letters to Amherst from Williams Haviland Apr 1780. Letters and memorials to Amherst from various correspondents Apr 1780. Papers relating to Leonard Morse from Lord Dartmouth and others Apr 1780. Other correspondence Apr 1780.

REEL 134       WO 34/163         PRO 361/1

12  letters to Amherst from William Haviland May 1780. Letters and memorials to Amherst from various correspondents May 1780. Letters to Leonard Morse from Alexander Mackay May 1780. Other correspondence May 1780. Papers relating to military affairs 1780.

REEL 135       WO 34/164         PRO 362/1

18 letters to Amherst from William Haviland June 1780. Letters and memorials to Amherst from various correspondents June 1780. Letters to Leonard Morse from Thomas (?) Sankey and others June 1780. Other correspondence June 1780. Papers relating to military affairs 1780.

REEL 136       WO 34/165         PRO 362/2

14 letters to Amherst from William Haviland, July 1780. Letters and memorials to Amherst from various correspondents and others, July 1780. Papers relating to military affairs, 1780. Letters to Morse from Malcolm and others July 1780. Other correspondence July 1780.

REEL 137       WO 34/166         PRO 363/1

Letters to Amherst from various correspondents. Aug 1780.

REEL 138       WO 34/167         PRO 363/2

Principally letters from officers and soldiers in the British Army.

Oct 1780.

REEL 139       WO 34/168         PRO 365/1

Letters to Amherst from various correspondents. Sept 1780.

REEL 140       WO 34/169         PRO 365/2

Letters and memorials to Amherst from various correspondents Nov 1780. Papers relating to military affairs 1780. Letters from Duke of Argyll to Gray * Ogilvie Nov 1780. Memorial from John Allen to King George III Nov 1780. Other correspondence Nov 1780.

REEL 141       WO 34/170        PRO 366/1

Letters to Amherst from various correspondents. Dec 1780.

REEL 142       WO 34/171         PRO 367/1

Letters to Amherst from various correspondents. Embarkation returns, inspection of troops, returns memorials, requests from surgeons etc. Jan 1781.

REEL 143       WO 34/172         PRO 368/1

Memorials proposals and offers for raising troops, leaves of absence, recommendations etc; Letters to Amherst from various correspond­ents. Feb 1781.

REEL 144       WO 34/173         PRO 368/2

Requests for leaves of absence, recommendations etc. Letters to

Amherst from various correspondents. Lists of recruits. Mar 1781.

REEL 145       WO 34/174         PRO 391/1

Letters to Amherst from various correspondents. Apr 1781.

REEL 146       WO 34/175         PRO 370/1

Returns of different companies, Regiments, etc. in several countries; letters from various correspondents to Amherst. May 1781.

REEL 147       WO 34/176         PRO 371/1

Recommendations for commissions and promotions; returns of deserters, officers and troops serving under several commandants; letters from various correspondents to Amherst. Jun 1781.

REEL 148       WO 34/177         PRO 371/2

Requests for employment in army, transfers, exchange of com­missions, etc; monthly returns of troops; lists of promotions, etc; letters from various correspondents to Amherst. Jul 1781.

REEL 149       WO 34/178         PRO 372/1

List of Regiments recounting; return of Independent companies; list of inn-keepers of Kingston; return of works at different garrisons; return of Guards, etc; letters from various correspondents to Amherst. Aug 1781.

REEL 150       WO 34/179         PRO 372/2

Letters from various correspondents to Amherst. Sept. 1781

REEL 151       WO 34/180        PRO 373/1

Recommendations, requests for help, returns, memorials; letters from various correspondents to Amherst. Oct 1781.

REEL 152       WO 34/181         PRO 374/1

Return of troops; inquiries, etc; letters from various correspondents to Amherst. Nov 1781.

REEL 153       WO 34/182         PRO 374/2

Memorials, promotions, recommendations, returns of troops;

letters from various correspondents to Amherst. Dec 1781.

REEL 154       WO 34/183         PRO 375/1

Letters from various correspondents to Amherst; agreement for

exchange of certain commissions. Jan 1781.

REEL 155       WO 34/184         PRO 376/1

Letters from various correspondents to Amherst. Memorials,

recommendations, embarkation returns etc. Feb 1781.

REEL 156       WO 34/185         PRO 376/2

Lists of officers, returns, etc; letters from various correspondents to Amherst. Promotions, New York; establishment of Regiments, England, Mar 1781. Sir Jeffery, 1st Baron Amherst: Official Papers 1740-83 List of Contents of Reels

REEL 157       WO 34/186         PRO 377/1

Amherst's reports to the King on proposed promotions, courts martial, raising of regiments and any other military or official busines; his opinion on any important letters; his proposition in case of invasion of Britain; reports on letters from Lords Lieutenant of Ireland; letters to various correspondents 1778-84.

REEL 158       WO 34/187         PRO 377/2

List of officers, disposition of troops, proposals for raising regi­ments, reports on military punishment, remarks on Hollandaise colony of Surinam, military circulars, accounts of military finances, lists of camps and regiments, division of England into military districts, promotions, military regulations, military plans, and other miscellaneous military documents 1778-1782. Letters from Amherst to George III, John Burgoyne, William A. Pitt, Duke of Richmond, and John Vaughan.

REEL 159       WO 34/188         PRO 378/1

Lists of promotions, leaves of absence, lists of camp equipage, military circulars, lists of military districts in England, marching orders, lists of officers, disposition of troops, lists of successions, routes of various regiments, monthly returns, and other military documents, some relating to the army in North America, 1778-1779, other correspondence 1778-9. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents Apr 1778-Dec 1779. Report of Amherst to George III, Dec 1778. Petitions to George III from various correspondents 1779.

REEL 160       WO 34/189         PRO 378/2

Miscellaneous returns etc.; observations to the King; lists of trans­ports etc. 1780-82.

REEL 161       WO 34/190        PRO 379/1

19 letters from Amherst to Sir David Lindsay 1778; 17 to R. Peirson 1779; 21 to Charles Jenkinson 1779. Regulations for standards, guidons, clothing etc. of the cavalry Dec 1768. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents 177 5-79. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents May 1778-Dec 1779. Papers relating to military affairs 1778-79. Letters from Morse to Joseph Dussaux etc. Oct 1778-Apr 1779. Parliamentary report Nov 1774-Nov 1778 (printed). Gazette extraordinaire de la Grenade, Jul 15 1779 (printed).

REEL 162       WO 34/191-2     PRO 380/1-2

Letters to and from Amherst with various correspondents 1780. WO 34/192; Letters to and from commanding officers, Jamaica, Barbados, Gibraltar, North America, Canada etc. 1781-2.

REEL 163       WO 34/193-4     PRO 381/1-2

Applications for Commissions. Name of applicant, ranks, ranks, present and desired with name of persons recommending, etc; general list of vacancies, augmentation, etc. 1778-80. WO 34/194: Marching orders of Commander-in-Chief. 1780-81.

REEL 164       WO 34/195-6      PRO 382A/1-2 Return to troops for inspection etc., in Jamaica, embarkation returns, Scotland; England, Guernsey, Isle of Man. 1778-80. WO 34/l96: General returns as above. 1781.

REEL 165       WO 34/197/1-2 PRO 382A/3, 382B/1

Paymaster Abraham Mortier's Bills, accounts of General Shirley and his agents for stores and provisions in America 1755-6. Claims of seamen, carpenters, smiths at the reduction of Oswego etc. 1755-59. WO 34/197/2: Mortier's Bills for running and supplying the British Army in North America. 1758-9.

REEL 166       WO 34/198        PRO 383A/1

Mortier's Bills for supplying and running the British Army in

North America, and Amherst's correspondence with Mortier 1760.

REEL 167       WO 34/199         PRO 383B/1

As Reel 166, for 1761.

REELS 168-9 WO 34/200        PRO 389/1

As Reel 166, for 1762.

REELS 170-1  WO 34/201         PRO 390/1

Letters from Col. Henry Pringle to Amherst 1781. Other corres­pondence 1781.

REEL 172       WO 34/202-5      PRO 391/1-3

Marching orders, miscellaneous returns, horses, arms, clothing, powder, etc. Monthly returns — artillery etc. 1779-82.

REEL 173       WO 34/206-9     PRO 392/1-4

Monthly Reports & Returns: Drawing Room at the Tower, Name of student, class, etc; 60th Foot (Royal American Regiment). From W. Indies; British Establishment and Recruiting Parties: Numbers of the Rank and File in all Regiments, except North America; Recruiting Parties and recruits on Foreign stations cavalry, artillery, infantry in Ireland. 1778-82.

REEL 174       WO 34/210-14    PRO 413/1-5

Monthly Returns: militia; Garrisons in Minorca, Jamaica, Leeward Islands; Royal Artillery, America; Gibraltar; all reports of Militia forces in South Britain. 1778-82.

REEL 175       WO 34/215-6     PRO 393/1-2

Monthly Returns: Officers with Regiments in South Britain; Forces in North Britain and South Britain 1778-82.

REEL 176       WO 34/217         PRO 393/3-394/1

Weekly Returns: Additional Companies present in England; Weekly Returns: Abstract of Strength of Army and Miscellaneous Returns. 177 8-82.

REEL 177       WO 34/220-21    PRO 394/2-3

Weekly Returns: Independent Companies, Additional Companies.

'Privates in North America'. 1778-82.

REEL 178       WO 34/222        PRO 395/1

Weekly States - Cavalry and Infantry in South Britain. 1778-82.

REEL 179       WO 34/223         PRO 396/1

Weekly States - Militia. 1778-82.

REEL 180       WO 34/224         PRO 396/2

Weekly Returns — Additional Companies in Canada. 1 778-82.

REEL 181       WO 34/225         PRO 397/1

Weekly Returns — Prisoners, etc., in Savoy Prison. Reports on deserters and impressed men. 1778-82.

REEL 182       WO 34/226A      PRO 398/1

17 letters from Amherst to Thomas Calcraft, Apr-July 1778. 12 to Lord Barrington, Apr-Aug 177 8. 16 to George L. Parker, Apr-Aug 1778. 13 to Robert Monckton, May-Aug 1778. 16 to Lord Percy, May-Aug 1778. 29 to William Keppel, May-Aug 1778. 22 to R. Peirson, Jun-Aug 1778. 19 to George Warde, Jun-Aug 1778. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents, Mar-Aug 1778. Papers relating to military affairs, 1778.

REEL 183       W0 34/226B      PRO 398/2

As Reel 182. Mar-Jul 1778.

REEL 184       WO 34/227         PRO 399/1

3 5 letters from Amherst to William Keppel, Aug-Nov 177 8. 12 to

Lord Barrington. 13 to George L. Parker. 19 to Thomas Calcraft,

16  to R. Peirson. 11 to James A. Oughton. 12 to Robert Monckton. 12 to Paulus A. Irving. 17 to Lord Percy. 14 to George Warde, all Sept-Nov 177 8. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents Aug-Nov 177 8. Letters to Amherst from engineers at Gravesend and Paulus A. Irving Aug-Sept 1778.

REEL 185       WO 34/228         PRO 399/2

14 letters from Amherst to James A. Oughton Dec 1778-Feb 1779. 22 to Charles Jenkinson Dec 1778-Dec 1779. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents Dec 1778-Feb 1779. Papers relating to military affairs 1778-1779. Letters from Leonard Morse to various correspondents Dec 1778-Feb 1779. Memorial to Amherst from Josias Paterson. Letters from William Amherst to Cane, Lt. Gen. Johnston, and Skene, Feb 1779.

REEL 186       WO 34/229         PRO 400/1

11 letters from Amherst to Lord North, Feb-May 1779. 24 to Charles Jenkinson Feb-May 1779. 14 to James A. Oughton Feb-May 1779. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents Feb-May 1779. Papers relating to military affairs 1779. Letters from William Amherst to Laurie, Earl Percy, and others Mar 1779.

REEL 187       WO 34/230         PRO 400/2

11 letters from Amherst to Lord Sandwich May-Jul 1779. 15 to R. Peirson. 22 to Charles Jenkinson. 14 to Lord North. 12 to Sir David Lindsay. 14 letters from Amherst to George L. Parker. All May-Jul 1779. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents May-Jul 1779. Letters from Leonard Morse to various correspond­ents May-Jul 1779. Papers relating to military affairs 1779.

REEL 188       WO 34/231         PRO 401/1

71 letters from Amherst to Charles Jenkinson Jul-Sept 1779. 11

to Paulus A. Irving. 14 to Sir David Lindsay. 19 to William Haviland.

17  to Lt. Gen. Johnston. 18 to Lord Adam Gordon. 13 to Sir Philip Stephens. 38 to R. Peirson. 32 to Lord North. 27 to Robert Monckton. 16 to James A. Oughton. 23 to George L. Parker. 13 to George Warde. 24 to Lord Weymouth. All July-Oct 1779. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents Jul-Oct 1779. Letters from Morse to various correspondents Jul-Oct 1779. Papers relating to military affairs 1779.

REEL 189       WO 34/232         PRO 402/1

77 letters from Amherst to Charles Jenkinson Oct. 1779-Feb 1780. 43 to William Haviland. 12 to Lord Weymouth. 14 to Lord George Germain. 19 to Lord Hillsborough. 16 to Lord North. 16 to R. Peirson. All Oct 1779-Feb 1780. Letters to Amherst from various correspondents. Oct 1779-Feb 1780. Letters from William Brummell to Matthew Lewis Feb 17 80.

REEL 190       WO 34/233         PRO 403/1

40 letters from Amherst to Charles Jenkinson Feb-Jun 1780. 21 to Lord Hillsborough Feb-Jun 17 80. 11 to Lord George Germain. Feb-Jun 1780. 37 to William Haviland Feb-Jun 1780. 12 to William Belford Mar-Jun 1780. Letters from Amherst to various corre. s­pondents Feb-Jun 1780

REEL 191       WO 34/234        PRO 404/1

19 letters from Amherst to Thomas Twisleton Jun-Jul 1780. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents Jun-Dec 17 80. Letters from Leonard Morse to various correspondents Jun-Sep 1780. Papers relating to military affairs 1780.

REEL192       WO 34/235        PRO 404/2

47 letters from Amherst to Charles Jenkinson Jun-Nov 1780. 12 to Lord George Germain. 3 3 to William Haviland. 23 to Robert Monckton. 22 to R. Peirson. 13 t   o Lord Adam Gordon. 13 to Alexander Mackay. 12 to Lord Townshend. 18 to George L. Parker. 14 to Lord North. 11 to Charles Rainsford. 15 to William Style. All Jul-Dec 1780. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents Jun-Dec 1780.

REEL 193       WO 34/236        PRO 405/1

52 letters from Amherst to Charles Jenkinson Jan-May 17 81. 16 to Robert Monckton. 36 to Earl Hillsborough. 12 to Thomas Hall. 19 to Lord North. 23 to Alexander Mackay. 21 to Paulus A. Irving. 18 to William Haviland. 11 to Henry S. Conway. 13 to Lord Sandwich. Jan-May 1781. 11 from Leonard Morse to Sir Stanley Porten Jan-May 1781. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents Jan-May 1781.

REEL 194       WO 34/237        PRO 406/1

16 letters from Amherst to Lord Pembroke May-Oct 1781. 11 to Charles Rainsford. 67 to William Haviland. 27 to Alexander Mackay. 11 to Lord George H. Lennox. 25 to Charles Jenkinson. 26 to Paulus A. Irving. 1 8 to William Try on. 17 to Thomas Calcraft 39 to Thomas Gage. 1 8 to Lord Hillsborough. 34 to George L. Parker. 20 to Lord Adam Gordon. 17 to Robert Monckton. 12 letters from Amherst to William Style. All Jul-Oct 1781. Letters from Leonard Morse to various correspondents May-Nov 1781. Papers relating to military affairs 1781.

REEL 195       WO 34/238-9     PRO 407/1-2

25 letters from Amherst to Charles Jenkinson. Nov 1781-Mar 1782. 30 to William Haviland. Nov 1781-Mar 1782. Letters from Amherst to various correspondents Nov 1781-Mar 1782.

REEL 196       WO 34/240-5     PRO 408/1-6

Index to WO 34/237 and 34/238. WO 34/241: Confidential letters from Amherst to Lord North, William Haviland, Sir William Draper and others Jul 1779-May 1781. Letters from Leonard Morse to various correspondents Jan 1780-81. WO 34/242: Lists of officers, other military appointments, regulations, records of court martial of Thomas Wilkinson, military orders and other papers 1778-79.  WO 34/243: Order book 1779. WO 34/244: Order book 1780. WO 34/245: List of persons to whom Amherst wrote from Jan 1-Apr 15. 1782 with three bills for postage and paper.

REEL 197       WO 34/256        PRO 408/7

Commissions recommended by Jeffery Amherst to the King Apr 10 1778-Apr 18 1780.

REEL 198       WO 34/247        PRO 409/1

Commissions recommended by Amherst to the King Aug 18 1780-Mar 25 1782.

REEL 199       WO 34/248-50   PRO 409/2-3, 410/1

List of applications to Amherst for commissions c.1778(7).

REEL 200       WO 34/260        PRO 410-2

Papers 1755-63. Part I

REELS 201-2 WO 34/260        PRO 41Part 2.

 

 

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