Massachusetts and Connecticut papers, 1708-1749.

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Massachusetts and Connecticut papers, 1708-1749.

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Papers relating to a dispute regarding the jurisdiction over 4 towns between the colonies of Connecticut and Massachusetts, including correspondence among Jonathan Law, governor of Connecticut, and William Shirley and Spencer Phipps, governors of Massachusetts. Also, documents relating to the arrests and trials of men in Windsor, Conn., for the chopping and boxing of pine timber.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Shirley, William, 1694-1771

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Shirley was governor of Massachusetts from 1741 to 1757. From the description of Letter, 1745 June 1, Boston [Mass.], to Jacob Wendell, Boston [Mass.]. (New England Historic Genealogical Society). WorldCat record id: 50844670 Colonial Governor of Massachusetts. Shirley was active in colonial politics, served in the French and Indian War, and succeeded Braddock as commander of all British Forces in North America upon Braddock's death. Shirley attended a council of war in New ...

Law, Jonathan, 1674-1750

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Colonial governor of Connecticut, legislator, and jurist. From the description of Papers of Jonathan Law, 1742-1751. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070603 ...

Phips, Spencer, 1685-1757

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Spencer Phips (1685-1757) was born "Spencer Bennett" in Rowley, Mass., but was adopted at an early age by his uncle Gov. William Phips (1651-1695). He was educated at Harvard (1703) and settled in Cambridge, Mass., where he served as state representative in 1721, then town councillor, 1721-1732; he became the state's Lieutenant Governor, 1732-1757. From the description of Diaries, 1731 and 1735. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207164357 ...