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New York 1st. January 1761.

Sir,

Yesterday Arrived here Captain Prescott, One of my Aid de Camps, with Letters from Mr. Secretary Pitt, Notifying to me the most melancholy News of the Death of the Late King, on the 24th. October, in the most Sudden manner, His Majesty having appeared perfectly well the Day before, & Even that very Morning. That His present Majesty was proclaimed the next Day; That the Parliament met on the 26th. And that the King was firmly Resolved steadily to Support his Allies, and to prosecute the War with the Utmost Vigor.

These being His Majesty's Resolutions, altho' I have, not as yet received any Commands for the particular Operations which it may be found Expedient further to pursue to this Country, I think it Incumbent on me to give You the Earliest Notice of the King's Intentions; And, at the same time, to Acquaint You that the Services which still remain to be put into Execution for Compleating the great Object of the War in America, will require the further Aid & Assistance of His Majesty's good & Faithfull American Subjects; Wherefore I must Desire You to be prepared for the Immediate Compliance, with the King's Requisition for such a Number of Men from Your Province as shall be thought requisite by His Majesty to Answer the proposed End of procuring a good & Lasting Peace; which Requisition I Doubt not You will Receive soon. I am, with great Regard,

Sir,

Your most Obedient

Humble Servant

Jeff. Amherst

N.B. The Like Letter to the Govrs. Massachusetts Bay; Rhode Island; Connecticutt; New York; New Jersey; Pensylvania; Maryland; Virginia; North Carolina; South Carolina; & Georgia.

Copy of General Amhersts Circular Letter to the Governors on the Continent of North America Dated New York, 1st Janry. 1761

Notifying the Demise of the late King; & that His present Majesty was firmly Resolved Steadily to Support his Allies & prosecute the War with the utmost vigor; Wherefore the Genl. Desires that they may be prepared to furnish their Quota of Troops whenever they shall be thereunto required.

in M.G. Amherst's of Janry. 7: 1761.

No. 58.