Letters, 1728-1745.

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Letters, 1728-1745.

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Eighteen drafts of letters, most written by Boston minister Benjamin Colman, 1728-45. Nine of the letters were written to Gov. William Shirley and pertain to speeches before the Mass. General Court by Colman and the Association of Ministers, repairs to Castle William, proselytizing to the Indians, the French defeat at Louisbourg (1745), and financial support for the provincial forces. The bulk of the remaining letters is comprised of family correspondence, including four letters from Colman to his son-in-law Ebenezer Turell and one to his brother-in-law John Jeffries referring to a family dispute over the disposition of lands in the estate of Colman's first wife's father, Thomas Clark; one from his sister Elizabeth Righton; and one from his third wife, Mary (Frost) Colman. Bound in Ebenezer Turell's "The Life and Character of the Reverend Benjamin Colman, D.D. Late Pastor of a Church in Boston New-England. Who Was Deceased August 29th 1747" (Boston, 1749). The volume also contains 6 pages of genealogical notes on the Turell family.

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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 ...

Colman, Benjamin, 1673-1747

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Colman received his A.B. degree from Harvard in 1692. From the description of Sermons : manuscript, 1709. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612882178 Benjamin Colman (1673-1747) was born in Boston on October 19, 1673. He received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1692 and an A.M. in 1695. Soon after graduation he departed on a ship for London. The ship was taken over by a French privateer, who held the passengers captive before exchanging them once on land...

Jeffries, John, b. 1689.

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Turell family.

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Colman, Mary Frost.

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Righton, Elizabeth.

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Turell, Ebenezer, 1702-1778

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