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Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Jeffery Amherst Commission as Virginia Governor

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00461
Scope and Contents

Contemporary copy of Jeffery Amherst's appointment as His Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor General of the Colonial of Virginia. September 1759.

Dates: 1759 September

William Cole Collection of Documents Pertaining to the Colonial-Era

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00196
Content Description

Documents, prints, and heraldry pertaining to Virginia governors from the 17th and 18th centuries. Includes letters and documents signed by John Murray, Robert Brooke, James Wood, Beverly Randolph, Patrick Henry, Edmund Andros, Jeffrey Amherst, Norborne Berkeley, Robert Hunter, Francis Fauquier, Earl De La Warr, James Blair, and Robert Dinwiddie among others. Also included in the collection are prints, coats of arms, and commemorative coins.

Dates: 1676-1971; Majority of material found within 1730-1770

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College of William and Mary--History 1
Virginia--History--17th century 1
Virginia--History--18th century 1
Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 1