Jeffery Amherst letter to Thomas Hancock, 1761 July 1

Amherst College Digital Collections > Archives & Special Collections

1

2

Creator	Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797
Recipient	Hancock, Thomas, 1703-1764
Title	Jeffery Amherst letter to Thomas Hancock, 1761 July 1
Dates	1760-07-01
Abstract	Letter from Jeffery Amherst dated July 1, 1761 from Albany, New York. The letter is addressed to Thomas Hancock in Boston. Jeffery Amherst expresses his displeasure at the argumentative behavior of the American ship masters who have been contracted to transport tonnage for the British army. Jeffery Amherst directs Thomas Hancock to send any further news about the transport ships to Captain Pryce in New York.
Physical Description	1 item (4 pages), Letter originally one piece, but has been torn into two pieces.
Languages	English
Place of Creation	Albany (New York)
Genre	Correspondence
Subject	Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797 – Correspondence
Subject	Hancock, Thomas, 1703-1764 – Correspondence
Subject	Great Britain. Army – Records and correspondence
Subject	United States – History – French and Indian War, 1754-1763
Part of	Jeffery Amherst Collection
Finding Aid	View the finding aid for this item's collection
Repository	Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
Shelf Location	Box 1 Folder 15
Rights	Public Domain: This material has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. While Amherst College Archives & Special Collections claims no rights or authority over this material, we do ask that any publication or use of this material cite the Archives & Special Collections at Amherst College as the source of the images and the repository where the original documents can be found.