Author: Gregory Sharpe
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Category : Maryland
Languages : en
Pages : 3
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Gregory Sharpe writes to his brother Horatio, governor of Maryland, in regard to the unsettled political conditions there. Refers to earlier letters to brother William, containing Horatio's account of the problem. Advises Horatio to burn the present correspondence as a safeguard. Notes that the letter is borne by Francis Fauquier, "a gentleman possess'd of many amiable qualities" to whose family Sharpe is indebted.
Letter, 1758 March 18, to Horatio Sharpe
Author: Gregory Sharpe
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Category : Maryland
Languages : en
Pages : 3
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Gregory Sharpe writes to his brother Horatio, governor of Maryland, in regard to the unsettled political conditions there. Refers to earlier letters to brother William, containing Horatio's account of the problem. Advises Horatio to burn the present correspondence as a safeguard. Notes that the letter is borne by Francis Fauquier, "a gentleman possess'd of many amiable qualities" to whose family Sharpe is indebted.
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Category : Maryland
Languages : en
Pages : 3
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Gregory Sharpe writes to his brother Horatio, governor of Maryland, in regard to the unsettled political conditions there. Refers to earlier letters to brother William, containing Horatio's account of the problem. Advises Horatio to burn the present correspondence as a safeguard. Notes that the letter is borne by Francis Fauquier, "a gentleman possess'd of many amiable qualities" to whose family Sharpe is indebted.
Correspondence of Governor Horatio Sharpe ... 1753-[1771]
Author: Maryland. Governor (1753-1769 : Sharpe)
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Category : Maryland
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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Publisher:
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Category : Maryland
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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Letters to Governor Horatio Sharpe, 1754-1765 ... William Hand Browne, Editor
Author: Horatio SHARPE (Governor of Maryland.)
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Languages : en
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The Royal American Regiment
Author: Alexander V. Campbell
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806185333
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
In the wake of Braddock’s defeat at Fort Duquesne in 1755, the British army raised the 60th, or Royal American, Regiment of Foot to fight the French and Indian War. Each of the regiment’s four battalions saw action in pivotal battles throughout the conflict. And as Alexander Campbell shows, the inclusion of foreign mercenaries and immigrant colonists alongside British volunteers made the RAR a microcosm of the Atlantic world. Not just a potent, combat-ready force, it played a key role in trade, migration, Indian diplomacy, and settlement. This book moves beyond the campaign orientation of most regimental histories to explore how the Royal Americans helped forge new Atlantic connections. Campbell draws on the regiment’s rich archival legacy—including the private papers of its first three colonels-in-chief and of mercenary field officers—to describe more fully than previous accounts the lives these soldiers led in the context of their times. Campbell takes a closer look at the motivations of regimental founder James Prevost, a Swiss mercenary in the courts of Kings George II and George III, and explores how migration to America attracted rank-and-file soldiers. He examines the unit’s training, deployment, and operational conduct to reveal the use of new tactics, and also chronicles a year in the soldiers’ lives as they attended to hard labor in preparation for the summer’s campaigns. He also traces the postwar activities of these veterans, showing how many of them, by taking up land grants they had been promised upon enlistment, helped settle the frontier and expand commerce. Rather than focus on previously documented animosity between British regulars and provincials, Campbell reveals how soldiers from different backgrounds formed a multiracial, multilingual society that reflected a truly cosmopolitan transatlantic identity
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806185333
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
In the wake of Braddock’s defeat at Fort Duquesne in 1755, the British army raised the 60th, or Royal American, Regiment of Foot to fight the French and Indian War. Each of the regiment’s four battalions saw action in pivotal battles throughout the conflict. And as Alexander Campbell shows, the inclusion of foreign mercenaries and immigrant colonists alongside British volunteers made the RAR a microcosm of the Atlantic world. Not just a potent, combat-ready force, it played a key role in trade, migration, Indian diplomacy, and settlement. This book moves beyond the campaign orientation of most regimental histories to explore how the Royal Americans helped forge new Atlantic connections. Campbell draws on the regiment’s rich archival legacy—including the private papers of its first three colonels-in-chief and of mercenary field officers—to describe more fully than previous accounts the lives these soldiers led in the context of their times. Campbell takes a closer look at the motivations of regimental founder James Prevost, a Swiss mercenary in the courts of Kings George II and George III, and explores how migration to America attracted rank-and-file soldiers. He examines the unit’s training, deployment, and operational conduct to reveal the use of new tactics, and also chronicles a year in the soldiers’ lives as they attended to hard labor in preparation for the summer’s campaigns. He also traces the postwar activities of these veterans, showing how many of them, by taking up land grants they had been promised upon enlistment, helped settle the frontier and expand commerce. Rather than focus on previously documented animosity between British regulars and provincials, Campbell reveals how soldiers from different backgrounds formed a multiracial, multilingual society that reflected a truly cosmopolitan transatlantic identity
The Official Papers of Francis Fauquier, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, 1758-1768
Author: Francis Fauquier
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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Revolution Against Empire
Author: Justin Du Rivage
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300214243
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Key Figures, and a Note on the Text -- Introduction: Enlightened Empire? -- 1. Britain's Controversial Empire -- 2. Taxing America -- 3. The Seven Years' War and the Politics of Empire -- 4. The Rise and Fall of the Stamp Act -- 5. Britain's Authoritarian Ascendancy -- 6. Sons of Liberty, Sons of Licentiousness -- 7. English Blood by English Hands -- Conclusion: Republican Empire -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300214243
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Key Figures, and a Note on the Text -- Introduction: Enlightened Empire? -- 1. Britain's Controversial Empire -- 2. Taxing America -- 3. The Seven Years' War and the Politics of Empire -- 4. The Rise and Fall of the Stamp Act -- 5. Britain's Authoritarian Ascendancy -- 6. Sons of Liberty, Sons of Licentiousness -- 7. English Blood by English Hands -- Conclusion: Republican Empire -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y
Crucible of War
Author: Fred Anderson
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0375706364
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 902
Book Description
In this vivid and compelling narrative, the Seven Years' War–long seen as a mere backdrop to the American Revolution–takes on a whole new significance. Relating the history of the war as it developed, Anderson shows how the complex array of forces brought into conflict helped both to create Britain’s empire and to sow the seeds of its eventual dissolution. Beginning with a skirmish in the Pennsylvania backcountry involving an inexperienced George Washington, the Iroquois chief Tanaghrisson, and the ill-fated French emissary Jumonville, Anderson reveals a chain of events that would lead to world conflagration. Weaving together the military, economic, and political motives of the participants with unforgettable portraits of Washington, William Pitt, Montcalm, and many others, Anderson brings a fresh perspective to one of America’s most important wars, demonstrating how the forces unleashed there would irrevocably change the politics of empire in North America.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0375706364
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 902
Book Description
In this vivid and compelling narrative, the Seven Years' War–long seen as a mere backdrop to the American Revolution–takes on a whole new significance. Relating the history of the war as it developed, Anderson shows how the complex array of forces brought into conflict helped both to create Britain’s empire and to sow the seeds of its eventual dissolution. Beginning with a skirmish in the Pennsylvania backcountry involving an inexperienced George Washington, the Iroquois chief Tanaghrisson, and the ill-fated French emissary Jumonville, Anderson reveals a chain of events that would lead to world conflagration. Weaving together the military, economic, and political motives of the participants with unforgettable portraits of Washington, William Pitt, Montcalm, and many others, Anderson brings a fresh perspective to one of America’s most important wars, demonstrating how the forces unleashed there would irrevocably change the politics of empire in North America.
The Official Papers of Francis Fauquier, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, 1758-1768: 1758-1760
Author: Francis Fauquier
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Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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Archives of Maryland
Author: William Hand Browne
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 612
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 612
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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, January, 1637/8-1697
Author: Maryland. General Assembly
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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