By His Excellency William Shirley Esqr. captain general and governour in cheif [sic] in and over His Majesty's province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England : a declaration of war against the Cape Sables & St. John's Indians, 1744 Oct. 19.

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By His Excellency William Shirley Esqr. captain general and governour in cheif [sic] in and over His Majesty's province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England : a declaration of war against the Cape Sables & St. John's Indians, 1744 Oct. 19.

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Declaration of war against the Cape Sable (Micmac) and St. John's (Malecite) Indians of Nova Scotia and what is now New Brunswick, issued by Gov. William Shirley of Massachusetts Bay with "the advice of Council" in Boston, Oct. 19, 1744.

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