Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Amherst” in entry beauharnais-charles-marquis-de of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:

...in the French navy, and lieutenant-general of the naval army. On the breaking out of war with England (1745), he built the fortress of Crown Point, which was afterwards enlarged and strengthened by Amherst . He died June 12, 1749.
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† Jeffrey Amherst 94 63 4 3 0 user votes
Amherst 76 0 2 0 0 user votes
Jeffery Amherst 35 0 11 0 0 user votes
J. Amherst 20 0 0 0 0 user votes
Sir Jeffrey Amherst 9 9 1 1 0 user votes
D. D. Amherst 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
Signed Jefferson Amherst 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Nelson Amherst 2 0 0 0 0 user votes

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