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the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Manuscript Number MS 1982.7
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation
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Preferred Citation
Jeffery Amherst's Letter to Lt.Donald Campbell, 1762 May
4, Manuscript # 1982.7, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library,
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Jeffrey Amherst, New York, to Donald Campbell. Concerns
raising 268 recruits from the colony of Virginia for the
King's forces. Campbell is chosen to go to Hampton {Va.} on
the "Ranger", and from there to Williamsburg to review the
recruits. There he is to deliver a letter to Lt. Gov.
{Francis} Fauquier. Provides a credit on John Hunter to pay
the bounties. Troops are to board the ship immediately f or
the return trip to New York.