Amherst and Vaudreuil Capitulation Letters from 1760 1762
A sequence of dispatches between General Amherst and Governor Vaudreuil from 1760 to 1762 discusses fortification plans and the capitulation terms for Canada. The correspondence covers refusals to alter surrender conditions, assurances of safe execution, and requests for reconsideration of a harsh article imposed on troops by the capitulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
M. de Bougainville
Coronel
Vaudreuil
Amherst
Ajor Abercrombie
Canada
M. de Lapaufe
Moentreal
Marquis de Vaudreuil
Capitulation talks and military plans across Montreal and Quebec
In letters from Vaudreuil and Murray, officials discuss signing capitulation terms, stationing guards at gates, and transferring command to Col. Haldimand to preserve order. Murray reports on campaign progress, parish neutrality, and fuel needs as winter quarters form near Montreal. Reports from Lord Coville and Captain Byron detail naval actions against French vessels at Chaleurs Bay and Bay of Quinte, with praise for notable officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Abercrombie
Col. Haldimand
Jeff. Amherst
Marquis de Vaudreuil
Haldimand
the Marquis de Vaudreuil
M. de Levis
Amherst
Galot
Quebec
Louisbourg
RoNo
Trois Rivieres
Sorrel
Fraser
Jaques Quartier
de Chambaux
Great Britain
C. JA. Murray
Lord Coville
Pitt
Northumberland
Aptain Byron
Whitmore
Rittigouchi
Bay of Chaleurs
Dorsetthire
Achilles
Scarborough
Wallis
Prince of Orange
Rochester
Byron
Murray
Deane
Diana
Tam, &c
PORT NEWS DEAL OF 5 WIND BLOWS FRESH SHIP ARRIVALS
The port news notes winds from the south west and arrival of His Majesty's ship Chesterfield. Four men of war stay as ordered, with merchant ships Elizabeth and Ellery bound for Plymouth. Vessels Gravesend and others from Petersburgh Riga and South Carolina pass by in convoy including Good Intent Amity and Four Brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Werner
Selnon
Hoff-Geismar
Wangenheim
Nienover
Oflar
Hardenberg
Mershoff
Hague
Bogendorf
Marshal Daun
Hellen
Prusian
Bogendorff
Prussia
Saxony
Empire
Torgau
Duke of Wittemberg
Hulfen
Pomerania
Prentzlow
Paflewalck
Colberg
Deal
Chesterfield
Elizabeth
Ellery
Plymouth
Gravesend
Buxon
Medcalf
Thomas and William
Hester
Seaflower
Harrison
Nelly
Rivell
Petersburgh
Good Intent
Marshall
Amity
Nick
Also Mentioned on This Page
St. Laurence
Capt. Prescott
Major Bane
Sam
C. Jeff. Amherst
Foot
M. de Lac
Regiment Dé la Reine
Bougainville
le Chevalier de Levis
Jeff. Amherst, M. le Chevalier de
the Daily Register of Commerce and Intelligence
Brigadergeneral Murray
Holland
Silesia
Soltikoff
Lifla
Beuthen
Carolath
Glogau
Berlin
Belling
Prentzelow
Putbus
Magdeburgh
Roth
Port News
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