[Manuscript Notebook] "Officers of Land Forces | 1763".

Notebook, 7pp. used, 12mo, some staining and chipped corners but mainly good. A handwritten compilation of the commanding officers of British Land Forces at the conclusion of the Seven Years' War (The French and Indian War, 1756-1763). Columns are headed "Rank | Colonels | Establishment", no information appearing in the last column.Subsequent information is arranged under the following headings: Horse Guards, Horse Grenadier Guards, Dragoon Guards, Dragoons, Foot Guards, Foot, Invalids, then Independent Companies identified by place: Minorca, Gibraltar, America (19 Colonels/troops), Ireland (Horse, Dragoons and Foot listed, total 36 troops!). For comparison with other records I include a list of Officers in America: Lieut.Gen. Duroure, Lt. Gl. Whitmore, Sir Jeffrey Amherst, Majr. Gl. Monkton, Majr. Gage, Lt. Genl. Warburton, Lt. Gl. Townsend, Lord Fredk Cavndish, Majr. Gl. Talbot, [excluding title} Armings, John Murray, Noel, Abercromby, John Boscawen, Murray, Stanwix, Murray and Prevost (both labelled "American") Wm Boothby. Troop numbers: 4, 9, 15, 17, 28, 34, 38, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 49, 60 (Murray & Prevost), 63