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Bahama Islands (search for this): entry shirley-william
North America (search for this): entry shirley-william
Fort Niagara (New York, United States) (search for this): entry shirley-william
William Shirley (search for this): entry shirley-william
Shirley, William 1693-
Colonial governor; born in Sussex, England, in 1693; was educated for the law; came to Boston in 1734, where he practised his profession.
At the time he was appointed governor (1741) he was a commissioner for the settlement of the boundary between Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
As governor he was superior to his contemporaries in the same office in America.
He planned the expedition against Louisburg in 1745; and was appointed one of the commissioners at Paris (1750) for settling the limits of Acadia, or Nova Scotia, and other controverted rights of the English
William Shirley. and French in America.
In 1754 he made a treaty with the Eastern Indians and explored the Kennebec, erecting some forts upon its banks.
In 1755 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the British forces in North America.
The expedition against Fort Niagara was planned by him, and led as far as Oswego.
In 1759 he was commissioned a lieutenant-general.
He was governor of one
1745 AD (search for this): entry shirley-william
Shirley, William 1693-
Colonial governor; born in Sussex, England, in 1693; was educated for the law; came to Boston in 1734, where he practised his profession.
At the time he was appointed governor (1741) he was a commissioner for the settlement of the boundary between Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
As governor he was superior to his contemporaries in the same office in America.
He planned the expedition against Louisburg in 1745; and was appointed one of the commissioners at Paris (1750) for settling the limits of Acadia, or Nova Scotia, and other controverted rights of the English
William Shirley. and French in America.
In 1754 he made a treaty with the Eastern Indians and explored the Kennebec, erecting some forts upon its banks.
In 1755 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the British forces in North America.
The expedition against Fort Niagara was planned by him, and led as far as Oswego.
In 1759 he was commissioned a lieutenant-general.
He was governor of one
1693 AD (search for this): entry shirley-william
Shirley, William 1693-
Colonial governor; born in Sussex, England, in 1693; was educated for the law; came to Boston in 1734, where he practised his profession.
At the time he was appointed governor (1741) he was a commissioner for the settlement of the boundary between Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
As governor he was superior to his contemporaries in the same office in America.
He planned the expedition against Louisburg in 1745; and was appointed one of the commissioners at Paris (11693; was educated for the law; came to Boston in 1734, where he practised his profession.
At the time he was appointed governor (1741) he was a commissioner for the settlement of the boundary between Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
As governor he was superior to his contemporaries in the same office in America.
He planned the expedition against Louisburg in 1745; and was appointed one of the commissioners at Paris (1750) for settling the limits of Acadia, or Nova Scotia, and other controverted rights of the English
William Shirley. and French in America.
In 1754 he made a treaty with the Eastern Indians and explored the Kennebec, erecting some forts upon its banks.
In 1755 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the British forces in North America.
The expedition against Fort Niagara was planned by him, and led as far as Oswego.
In 1759 he was commissioned a lieutenant-general.
He was governor of one
1759 AD (search for this): entry shirley-william
1741 AD (search for this): entry shirley-william
Shirley, William 1693-
Colonial governor; born in Sussex, England, in 1693; was educated for the law; came to Boston in 1734, where he practised his profession.
At the time he was appointed governor (1741) he was a commissioner for the settlement of the boundary between Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
As governor he was superior to his contemporaries in the same office in America.
He planned the expedition against Louisburg in 1745; and was appointed one of the commissioners at Paris (1750) for settling the limits of Acadia, or Nova Scotia, and other controverted rights of the English
William Shirley. and French in America.
In 1754 he made a treaty with the Eastern Indians and explored the Kennebec, erecting some forts upon its banks.
In 1755 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the British forces in North America.
The expedition against Fort Niagara was planned by him, and led as far as Oswego.
In 1759 he was commissioned a lieutenant-general.
He was governor of one
1755 AD (search for this): entry shirley-william
1770 AD (search for this): entry shirley-william