Medallic illustrations of the history of Great Britain and Ireland to the death of George II (1885)
Hawkins, Edward, 1780-1867, Franks, Augustus Wollaston, Sir, 1826-1897, Grueber, Herbert A. (Herbert Appold), 1846-1927 · London : Printed by order of the Trustees of the British museum · leaf 721
the enterprise. VOL. II. z z 706 GEORGE II. 1759. 440. General Wolfe. Died, 13 Sept. 1759. Bust of Wolfe, L, with hair long, and tied behind, in armourand mantle. Leg. iacobus wolfe anglus. Below, gosset . m.kirk . F. Rev. A monument, crowned with a laurel wreath, its baseinscribed, pro patria (For… … 440. Death of General Wolfe. MB. M. M. Not rare. James Wolfe, born in 1726, was selected by Pitt to commandin North America. In 1758 he joined Boscawen and Amherstin the reduction of Louisburg, and in the following year wasentrusted with an expedition against Quebec. After a long andarduous siege…
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