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Major event at Crown Point, the French & Indian War...
Major event at Crown Point, the French & Indian War...
Item # 676686 THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, September, 1759
* Fort Crown Point - New York
* Field Marshall Jeffery Amherst
* French and Indian War
An inside page contains a great report on one of the more significant battles of the French & Indian War, headed: "Letter from Maj. Gen. Amherst to Mr. Secretary Pitt, dated Crown Point, August 5" which gives a day-by-day account of the siege at Fort St. Frederick from July 27 to August 5.
Some of the reports near the end include: "...I however arrived at Crown Point before the evening, landed & posted all the corps, some encamped, & some lay on their arms. At night Lt. Moncrieff...arrived with a letter from Sir William Johnson, enclosing the capitulation of Niagara...This post secures entirely all his Majesty's dominions that are behind it from the inroads of the enemy & the scalping parties that have infested the whole country..."
This is followed by a: "Letter from Sir Wm. Johnson to Major Gen. Amherst dated Niagara 25th of July, 1759" and this is followed by: "Articles of Capitulation granted to the Garrison of Niagara, Enclosed in Sir Wm. Johnson's Letter to Major Gen. Amherst of the 25th of July". During this siege, the French ultimately blew up their Fort St. Frederick at Crown Point & retreated down river.
Included is one of the two plates called for.
Complete in 48 pages, full title/contents page featuring an engraving of St. John's Gate, 5 by 8 inches, very nice condition.
history notes: In 1759, during the French and Indian War, Jeffery Amherst, who was then a British Army officer, played a crucial role in the capture of Fort Crown Point. Located on the western shore of Lake Champlain in what is now New York State, Fort Crown Point had been a strategic French stronghold controlling access between Canada and the Hudson River Valley. Amherst led British forces in a campaign to seize French positions in the region as part of a larger effort to push the French out of North America. By July 1759, Amherst’s army advanced successfully, and the French garrison at Crown Point, recognizing they were outnumbered and outmaneuvered, abandoned the fort without a major battle, retreating further north toward Canada. Amherst’s capture of Crown Point, along with his later successes at Fort Ticonderoga, helped solidify British control over the Champlain corridor and contributed significantly to the eventual British victory in the war.
A very nice magazine from the late 18th century with a wide range of varied content. This was the first periodical to use the word "magazine" in its title, having begun in 1731 and lasting until 1907.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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