'Amherst', (1717-1797), 1830. Creator: Unknown.
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'Amherst', (1717-1797), 1830. Jeffery Amherst (1717-1797) officer in the British Army and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, architect of the Seven Years' War and the first British Governor General. His legacy is controversial as he advocated biological warfare by gifting blankets infected with smallpox as a weapon. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]
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- Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
- Jeffery Amherst: British, English: Officer
People Related
- Alfred Howard: : Editor
- Thomas Tegg: British; English: Publisher, printer, bookseller
- Richard Griffin and Company: British: Bookseller, publisher
- J Cumming: Irish: Publisher
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3873x5599
File Size : 63,531kb
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- 2-720-640
- 2720640
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