War Office
Subtitle: Amherst papers
Contributors: Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797; Great Britain. Public Record Office; ACLS British Manuscripts Project
Series: Public Record Office. W.O. 34; Records of the Public Record Office; PRO -- W.O. 34
Publisher: American Council of Learned Societies
Published: 1941
Place of publication: New York?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Soldiers; Correspondence; Statesmen; Governors; History; Sources; Foreign relations; Politics and government; Archives; Great Britain. Army; Great Britain. War Office
Other titles: Amherst papers.; War Office: Baron Jeffrey Amherst, Commander in Chief: Papers.; W.O. 34.; WO 34.
Description: The collection consists for the most part of official correspondence, monthly and weekly returns, marching orders, applications for commissions, order books, reports and plans collected by Jeffrey, Baron Amherst, Commander in Chief in America, 1758 to 1763, Governor of Virginia, 1763 to 1768, Governor of Guernsey, 1770 to 1797, and Commander in Chief at home, 1778 to 1782 and 1793 to 1795. Reels 38 and 39 contain correspondence of Sir William Johnson.
Notes: Title from target.

These papers, deposited in the Public Record Office by the War Office, are part of the British manuscripts project sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies.

Document numbers: W.O. 34/1-260 (1712-1786)

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich : [Available from] University Microfilms, [194-]. (ACLS British manuscripts project ; reel Public Record Office 276. W.O. 34/39)