In an unidentified hand; by a British officer who details military and naval events with the precision of a participant. Amherst and Wolfe led the British Army; Admirals Edward Boscawen and Sir Charles Hardy, the naval contigent.
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Watermark: MP/bell.
Accompanied by note (7 x 13 cm) signed F. Parkman.
List of the fleet [including ships, commanders, guns, and sailors] (p. 3) -- List of the army [strength by regiment as well as a tabulation of 461 British casualties] (p. 4) -- State of the garrison of Louisbourg [by regiment, including a list of 11 ships, their guns, and fate: 4 burned, 3 taken, 3 sunk, 1 escaped] (p. 5)