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Jeffrey Amherst's name became tarnished by stories of smallpox-infected blankets used as germ warfare against American Indians. These stories are reported, for example, in Carl Waldman's Atlas of the North American Indian [NY: Facts on File,
Jeffery Amherst, né le 29 janvier 1717 et mort le 3 août 1797, 1er baron Amherst, est un officier de l' armée britannique et un administrateur colonial. Il participe à plusieurs campagnes en Amérique lors de la guerre de Sept Ans. Amherst obtient ainsi la capitulation de Louisbourg le 26 juillet 1758, après 38 jours de bombardement, et ...
Jeffrey Amherst, primer barón de Amherst ( 29 de enero de 1717, Sevenoaks, condado de Kent ( Inglaterra) - 3 de agosto de 1797, ibídem), fue un militar británico, que alcanzó el grado de mariscal de campo en el Ejército británico . Destacó por su papel en las guerras con los amerindios, pero especialmente destacó en la Guerra de los ...
29 de abr. de 2017 · As an initiative to change the name of Port-la-Joye–Fort Amherst National Historic Site on P.E.I. is being debated, a researcher weighs in on the history of Jeffery Amherst.
Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (soms ook gespeld als Geoffrey of Jeffery) ( 29 januari 1717 - 3 augustus 1797) diende als officier in het Britse leger . Hij werd geboren in Sevenoaks in Engeland, en werd soldaat toen hij ongeveer veertien jaar oud was. Hij werd beroemd in de Zevenjarige Oorlog, 1756 – 1763, vooral in de schermutselingen ...
J effery Amherst, First Baron Amherst (1717–1797), is a central figure in the history of the British colonies in North America during the mid-eighteenth century. Although he never personally visited the town of Amherst, which was named in his honor in 1759, the Archives & Special Collections at Amherst College does hold significant manuscripts, maps, and other primary source documents by and ...
The Jeffery Amherst papers (763 items) contain the correspondence, documents, and military orders of Jeffery Amherst, British commander-in-chief in North America from 1758 to 1763. The collection constitutes the papers given to General Thomas Gage at the transfer of authority in 1763. Also included are letters and petitions addressed to Amherst, Amherst's letters to Gage, and letters addressed ...
