Lord Amherst accepte de baptiser un nouveau régiment écossais.

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Lord Amherst accepte de baptiser un nouveau régiment écossais.

Name: Lord Amherst accepte de baptiser un nouveau régiment écossais.
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Jeffery Amherst (Lord) (Sevenoaks (Kent), 1717/1797)

English field marshal, commanding English troops in America, he conquered Quebec, Montreal, Louisbourg and Canada; commander-in-chief of the British armed forces from 1778 until his death.

Document type: signed letter

Number of documents: 1 - Number of pages: 1 - Format: In-4

Lieu : Londres

Date : 06/11/1794

Destinataire : Captain Colin Campbell à Edinburgh, Ecosse.

Etat : traces de collage au dos des 4 coins (un coin déchiré), 2 petits trous dans le texte.

Description :

Lord Amherst consulte le roi et accepte l'appellation du nouveau régiment de son correspondant. «I have received the favour of your letter of the 26th past desiring that your regiment may be called the Dunbartonshire Highland Fencibles, which I laid before the King, and I have the honour to acquaint you His Majesty was pleased to approve of its being called the Dunbartonshire Highland Regiment of Fencibles agreably to your desire».

Note ancienne en haut de page donnant une attribution erronée.

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