Manuscripts

Council of War minutes of a council of war held at Oswego on Lake Ontario, contemporary copy, attested William Alexander

Description: Enclosed in William Shirley letter to Henry Fox, 1755 September 28 (LO 657).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1755 September 27
Call number: LO 655
Provenance: Purchased from the Campbell family through the agency of Sotheby's and Sir Joseph Duveen, 1923.; Portion of the Scottish papers purchased with the Hastings family papers (mssHA) from Edith Maud Abney-Hastings, Countess of Loudoun, through the agency of Maggs Bros., 1927.; Addendum purchased from Myers & Co. Booksellers Ltd, 1944.
Restrictions: IN PROCESS COLLECTION.; RESTRICTED. Tartan swatch enclosed in James Seton letter to John Campbell, 1746 August 28 (LO 12589). Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.

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