Autograph letter signed ("Jeff. Amherst") to [Tho?] Hancock in Boston; written in Boston, 28 October 1758
From the Bart Auerbach Collection. One page, 4to, integral blank leaf docketed on verso. In 1758, British General Amherst (1717-1797) was put in command of an expedition sent against the French in North America. Here Amherst discharges transcripts that are no longer needed. The recipient could be Thomas Hancock who.....