Lord jeffrey amherst biography of martin
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Lord jeffrey amherst biography of martin
This was at the end of January and the port was frozen in. Though anxious to get to London in order to see what was in store for him, Amherst could not get underway until mid February. He landed at Harwich on the 25th and set out in a post chaise arriving in London on the 26th.
A couple of days after that he was invited into the august presence of the "Lords of the Treasury." Amherst was still very much in the dark, however, it was not for him to be asking questions of the lords who sat in their robes before him.
To some of those in power, Amherst was unknown, but a mere snip of a military man; and, it seems plain, that at this point the decision had yet to be made that Amherst should lead one of England's armies. The Lords asked him a series of questions: not so much about his military past but more to quiz him of his understanding of the larger picture: questions concerning the most recent treaty with France and