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Jeffrey Amherst

"You will do well to try to inoculate the Indians by means of blankets, as well as to try every other method that can serve to extirpate this execrable race."

Jeffrey Amherst (1717-1797) was Governor General of British North America. He was later given the title of Baron Amherst.
The instruction quoted above was included in a letter sent by General Amherst in a letter to Colonel Henry Bouquet, 16 July, 1763.
Source: Lord Jeffrey Amherst

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