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General James Murray Letter Regarding Financing the British Conquest of Québec
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James Murray, general and governor of Québec, was born in Scotland. He was commissioned to British army about 1740 and served in several expeditions in the West Indies, Flanders and Brittany. Murray served as commander of the operations against Montreal which led to the final French surrender. He was appointed governor of Québec from 1760-1766. He also served as governor of Minorca from 1774 to 1782. He was made a full general in 1783.
Letter to the Commissioners regarding the financing of the army and civil government in Canada in the period immediately after the British defeat of France, some 30 years after the event. Murray relates how he managed the sixteen or seventeen thousand pounds which he inherited in the army's accounts.
Purchased from H.P. Kraus, July 13, 1960. Formerly from the J. G. Bell and Sir Thomas Phillipps collections.
Originally cataloged circa 1960. Re-processed and finding aid prepared in March 2024 by Katy Rawdon, Coordinator of Technical Services.
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