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Richard Gridley inventory of stores and ordnance at Fort William Henry, contemporary copy

Description: The collection primarily contains letters and documents relating to Hugh Campbell, 3rd Earl of Loudoun; his son, John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun; other Campbell family members; and various political and military associates. John Campbells military activities during the 1745 to 1746 Jacobite uprising in Scotland and the Seven Years War in North America in 1756 and 1757 are especially documented. Materials in the collection include correspondence, memorials, and petitions; muster rolls, returns, orders, and other military records; appointments; estate records including accounts, bills, receipts, and inventories; and land and government documents.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1756 August 23
Call number: LO 1562
Provenance: Purchased from the Campbell family through the agency of Sotheby's and Sir Joseph Duveen, 1923.

Richard Gridley inventory of Ordnance and Stores at Fort William Henry and Fort Edward

Manuscripts

The collection primarily contains letters and documents relating to Hugh Campbell, 3rd Earl of Loudoun; his son, John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun; other Campbell family members; and various political and military associates. John Campbells military activities during the 1745 to 1746 Jacobite uprising in Scotland and the Seven Years War in North America in 1756 and 1757 are especially documented. Materials in the collection include correspondence, memorials, and petitions; muster rolls, returns, orders, and other military records; appointments; estate records including accounts, bills, receipts, and inventories; and land and government documents.

LO 1401

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Richard Gridley report of ordnance and stores at Fort William Henry

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LO 2301

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Richard Gridley report of ordnance and stores sent from Fort William Henry to Fort Edward

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LO 2134

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Francis James Buchanan inventory of ordnance and stores to be left at Fort William

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LO 2057

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William Macleod proportion of ordnance and stores for Fort William Henry

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LO 2108

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William Wilkens inventory of the stores of Broughton's Battery, contemporary copy

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LO 1418

Richard Gridley inventory of stores and ordnance at Fort William Henry, contemporary copy

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