AMHERST, Jeffery, Governor General of British North America. Autograph letter signed ("Jeff: Amherst") to Colonel Whiting "Commanding the Provincial Troops in Camp at Crown Point," New York, 4 July 1762. An excellent letter on the fortifications underway at Crown Point, and garrison matters. Amherst, who had seized Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point from the French in his 1759 campaign, writes: "...I can have no doubt of your studying to exert yourself in promoting...the Completion of the Works [construction] carrying on at Crown Point; and I flatter myself that from the Numbers that are Employed there, I shall have very favourable reports from the Engineer, of the Advancement of the Works...I shall be very glad to hear that you Succeed in persuading any of the Connecticutt Men whose times of Service are out, to Enlist into the Regular Corps...that they may be Sent Immediately to Joyn the Regiments in Canada." He specifies that "your present Command...goes no farther than the Camp at Crown Point"; he denies Whiting authority to permit "Goods & Necessaries to be brought up by your Pass," Amherst will, however, grant his own pass "for Carrying up such Refresments and Necessaries as are Allowed," but "Rum is Expressly prohibited, as I am Determined to put a total Stop to the Sale of that pernicious Liquor, wherever there are any Soldiers. Sutlers, too will not be allowed to use the Army's batteaux on the lake...nor would I Wish to Hear that any of the Troops are Employed in such Services..." Amherst returned to England in 1763. He declined to command the British forces at the start of the American Revolution, but when France entered the war he served as Commander-in-Chief of British forces in England.