William Shirley esqr. captn. general and governeur in chief ... : whereas Mr. John Hawks with an attendant has undertaken to proceed on a journey from Deerfield within this province to Canada to redeem out of the hands of the French or the Indians one Samuel Allen ... passport, 1747 Dec. 21.

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William Shirley esqr. captn. general and governeur in chief ... : whereas Mr. John Hawks with an attendant has undertaken to proceed on a journey from Deerfield within this province to Canada to redeem out of the hands of the French or the Indians one Samuel Allen ... passport, 1747 Dec. 21.

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Pass, Dec. 14, 1747, written in Boston for John Hawks, former commander of Fort Massachusetts, by Massachusetts governor Shirley, allowing Hawks to proceed to Canada to exchange Pierre-Marie-Joseph Raimbault de St. Blaint (wounded French cadet captured in Northfield, Oct. 16, 1747) for Samuel Allen (eight-year old captured Aug. 25, 1746, near Deerfield by Indians who had participated in the taking of Fort Massachusetts).

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