TY  - GEN
AU  - Shirley,John
TI  - John Shirley correspondence,
KW  - Morris, Robert Hunter,
KW  - Shirley, William,
KW  - Fort Frontenac (Ont.)
KW  - Massachusetts
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - To 1775
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - History
KW  - French and Indian War, 1754-1763
KW  - Niagara Frontier (N.Y.)
KW  - Ontario
KW  - Oswego (N.Y.)
KW  - Pennsylvania
KW  - United States
KW  - Army officers, British
KW  - itoamc
N1  - Open to research
N2  - Two ALsS (1755 July 20 and September 8-11) written to Robert Hunter Morris, acting British colonial governor of Pennsylvania, by Shirley, a member of the Niagara expedition, reporting on conditions at Oswego, N.Y., the arrival of supplies, activities of the French and Indians, and plans to attack Fort Frontenac, Ont.  The earlier letter contains a postscript written by Shirley's father, William Shirley, leader of the expedition and British colonial governor of Massachusetts
ER  -