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  <titleInfo>
    <title>William Shirley papers, 1744-1756</title>
  </titleInfo>
  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Shirley, William</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1694-1771</namePart>
    <role>
      <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm>
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  </name>
  <typeOfResource collection="yes" manuscript="yes">mixed material</typeOfResource>
  <originInfo>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <language>
    <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm>
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  <physicalDescription>
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  <abstract>Orders (1746, 1755) issued by Shirley as commander of British colonial forces to John Stoddard and Thomas Dunbar; notice (1756) signed by Shirley of the promotion of Jonathan Shaw to the position of captain-general; expense account (1748) for an expedition to Canada; and muster list (1744-1755) of colonial military companies.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>In part, positive photocopy. [S.l.].</note>
  <note>British army officer and colonial governor of Massachusetts.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
  <note>Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Dunbar, Thomas</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">-1767</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Shaw, Jonathan</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">active 1756</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Stoddard, John</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1681-1748</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Canada</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>To 1763 (New France)</temporal>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Great Britain.</namePart>
      <namePart>Army</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Colonial forces</topic>
    <geographic>America</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Great Britain</geographic>
    <topic>Colonies</topic>
    <geographic>America</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Massachusetts</geographic>
    <topic>Politics and government</topic>
    <temporal>To 1775</temporal>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775</temporal>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>French and Indian War, 1754-1763</temporal>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Army officers, British</occupation>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Governors</occupation>
  </subject>
  <identifier type="lccn">mm 79001742</identifier>
  <accessCondition type="restrictionOnAccess">Open to research.</accessCondition>
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