Shirley, William, 1694-1771
Shirley, William
William Shirley British governor of Massachusetts and then of the Bahamas (1694-1771)
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- 100 1 _ ‡a Shirley, William
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- 100 1 _ ‡a Shirley, William ‡d 1694-1771
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- 100 1 _ ‡a Shirley, William, ‡d 1694-1771
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- 100 1 _ ‡a Shirley, William, ‡d 1694-1771
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- 100 0 _ ‡a William Shirley ‡c British governor of Massachusetts and then of the Bahamas (1694-1771)
4xx's: Alternate Name Forms (23)
5xx's: Related Names (8)
- 510 2 _ ‡a Grande-Bretagne. Commissioners for adjusting the boundaries of the British and French possessions in America
- 510 2 _ ‡a Massachusetts Governor (1741-1757 : Shirley)
- 510 1 _ ‡a Massachusetts. ‡b Gouverneur (1741-1757 : Shirley)
- 510 1 _ ‡a Massachusetts. ‡b Governor (1741-1757 : Shirley)
- 510 2 _ ‡a Massachusetts ‡b Gouverneur (1741-1757 : Shirley)
- 510 2 _ ‡a Massachusetts ‡b Governor (1741-1757 : Shirley)
- 510 2 _ ‡a National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
- 500 1 _ ‡a Shirley, Thomas ‡d 1727-1800 ‡4 bezf ‡4 https://d-nb.info/standards/elementset/gnd#familialRelationship ‡e Beziehung familiaer
Works
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All the memorials of the courts of Great Britain and France : since the peace of Aix la Chapelle, relative to the limits of the territories of both crowns in North America; and the right to the neutral islands in the West Indies | |
The Antigonian and Bostonian beauties : a poem. Occasion'd by seeing the assembly, at St. John's Antigua, on Thursday the 7th of July, and afterwards at Boston, in King-Street. [Three lines from Milton] By W.S. A.B | |
By His Excellency William Shirley, Esq; ... A proclamation. : It appearing to me to be necessary for his majesty's service, that a restraint should be laid upon such vessels, as are now outward-bound, from the several parts of this province ... Given at Boston the twenty-second day of February 1755. | |
By His Excellency William Shirley, Esq; ... A proclamation. : Whereas upon Tuesday the twenty-fifth of September last, an heinous riot was committed in the town of Bristol ... Given at the Council chamber in Boston, the eighteenth day of October, 1744. | |
By His Excellency William Shirley, Esq; ... To [blank]. : Sir, As you have receiv'd beating-orders from me to enlist men into his majesty's service for the expedition intended, in the management of that trust, I give you the following directions ... Given under my hand at Boston, the [blank] day of [blank] 1755. | |
The conduct of Major Gen. Shirley, 1758: | |
Correspondence of William Shirley, Governor of Massachusetts and military Commander in America, 1731-1760 | |
Edward, the Black Prince or, The Battle of Poictiers[!] | |
Extraordinary events the doings of God, and marvellous in pious eyes : Illustrated in a sermon at the South Church in Boston, N.E. on the general thanksgiving, Thursday, July 18. 1745. Occasion'd by taking the city of Louisbourg on the Isle of Cape-Breton, by New-England soldiers, assisted by a British squadron. By Thomas Prince, M.A. and one of the Pastors of said church. [Five lines from Psalms] | |
A journal of the proceedings at two conferences begun to be held at Falmouth in Casco Bay, in the County of York, within the province of Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, on the 28th day of June 1754 | |
A letter from William Shirley, Esq : Governor of Massachuset's Bay, to His Grace the Duke of Newcastle: with a journal of the siege of Louisbourg, and other operations of the forces, during the expedition against the French settlements on Cape Breton;drawn up at the Desire of the Council and House of Representatives of the Province of Massachuset's Bay; approved and attested by Sir William Pepperrell, and the other Principal Officers who commanded in the said Expedition. Published by Authority. | |
A Map of that part of America which was the principal seat of war in 1756 | |
Massachusetts. Governor (1741-1757 : Shirley). By His Excellency William Shirley, Esq; ... A proclaimation. Whereas the Great and General Court or assembly of this province, upon due consideration of the present state and circumstances of the French settlements, 1745: | |
Mémoires des commissaires de Sa Majesté très-chrétienne et de ceux de Sa Majesté brittannique sur les possessions & les droits respectifs des deux couronnes en Amérique; avec les actes publics & pièces justificatives ... | |
Memoirs of the principal transactions of the last war between the English and French in North America from the commencement of it in 1744, to the conclusion of the treaty at Aix la Chapelle : containing in particular an account of the importance of Nova Scotia or Acadie and the island of Cape Breton to both nations. | |
Observations on the late and present conduct of the French, : with regard to their encroachments upon the British colonies in North America. Together with remarks on the importance of these colonies to Great-Britain. To which is added, wrote by another hand; Observations concerning the increase of mankind, peopling of countries, &c | |
Proclamations. 1755-02-22 | |
Religion recommended to the soldier : A sermon preach'd to the Ancient and Honourable Artillery-Company, June 4. 1744. Being the day of their election of officers. By Joseph Parsons, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Bradford. [Three lines from Hebrews] | |
A sketch of the several routes of the French from Quebec to the Missisippi, with the principal rivers and lakes thró which they pass : also of the route from New York to Oswego, and from Albany to Montreal, and of the route from Kenēbec River to Quebec & from New Hamshire to Lake St Pierre in Canada | |
William Shirley papers |