Copy.
New York, 6th. Septr. 1762.
Sir,
Tis with the highest Joy and Satisfaction that I can Inform you of the Reduction of the Havannah, having received Letters from My Lord Albemarle, by the Enterprize Man of War, which Arrived here at two o'Clock this morning.
His Lordship Acquaints me, that the Moro Fort was taken by Storm, on the 30th. July, very much to the Honor and Credit of the Troops; and on the 13th. August, the Havannah, with its Dependencies, Surrendered by Capitulation, and is now Added to His Majesty's Conquests: The Fatigues the Troops have Undergone during a long Siege, are not to be Described, and the Spirit & Resolution, with which they have Carried on the Different Operations, in that Climate, are not to be Equalled.
| This paragraph the Governors of New Jersey, New York, Connecticutt & Rhode Island only. | It gives me a particular Satisfaction, that the Troops furnished on this Occasion, by your Province, Arrived in time to partake of the Honors Reaped by so Noble a Conquest. |
I am, with great Regard,
Sir, &ca.
Jeff: Amherst.
N.B. The Foregoing Letter to all the Governors on the Continent of North America.
Copy of Sir Jeffery Amhersts
Circular
To all the Governors on the Continent of North America; Acquainting them of the Reduction of the Havannah, &ca.
Dated New York, 6th. Septemr. 1762.
in Sr. J. Amherst's of Sepr. 23: 1762
No. 10.
