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Warrant on Abraham Mortier

Description
Letters, reports, memorials, returns, etc., cover the 1758 campaign of the British army in North America during the Seven Years' War, specifically: the embargo on colonial shipping, the fall of Fort William Henry, the surrender of Louisburg, the expedition against Fort Ticonderoga, the conquest of Fort Frontenac (Cadaraqui), John Forbes's expedition against Fort Duquesne, British use of and relations with the Indians, the internal affairs of the British army, and the recall of Abercromby.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1758 May 23
Call number
AB 914
Creator
Abercromby, James (1706-1781)(Opens in new tab)
Additional description
Correspondents include John Appy, John Bradstreet, James De Lancey, William Denny, John Forbes, Thomas Hancock, Sir William Johnson, Charles Lawrence, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Thomas Pownall, John Stanwix, and others. The collection also contains a fragment of the 1758 journal of Christian Frederick Post and genealogical data on the Abercromby family. Also included is an item written by a relative of Abercromby, also named James. He was agent to England for Virginia and North Carolina. The item is "An examination of the acts of Parliament relative to the trade and the government of our American colonies" (1752, AB 976).
Provenance
Purchased from Lathrop C. Harper, New York, August, 1923.
Associated people
Abercromby, James, (1707-1775.)
Forbes, John, (1707-1759.)
Post, Christian Frederick, (1710?-1785.)
Denny, William, (1718-)
Pownall, Thomas, (1722-1805.)
Stanwix, John, (1690?-1766.)
Pitt, William, (1708-1778.)
Appy, John, (active 1758.)
Johnson, William, (1715-1774.)
De Lancey, James, (1703-1760.)
Lawrence, Charles, (1709-1760.)
Hancock, Thomas, (1703-1764.)
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