John Shirley correspondence, 1755.
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 2 itemsSubject(s): - Morris, Robert Hunter, approximately 1700-1764 -- Correspondence
- Shirley, William, 1694-1771 -- Correspondence
- Fort Frontenac (Ont.)
- Massachusetts -- Politics and government -- To 1775
- New York (State) -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763
- Niagara Frontier (N.Y.) -- History
- Ontario -- History
- Oswego (N.Y.) -- History
- Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- To 1775
- United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763
- Army officers, British
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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,
British colonial army officer.
Collection material in English.
Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.
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