Bourne family Massachusetts military papers, 1744-1764.

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Bourne family Massachusetts military papers, 1744-1764.

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Military papers relating to the Bourn family of Massachusetts concerning colonial expeditions to capture the Fortress of Louisbourg and other French colonial lands in Canada during the French and Indian Wars in North America. Includes military orders, commissions, muster rolls, letters, financial records, and other military documents. Documents are by and about Melatiah Bourn, Silvanus Bourn, William Shirley, Silvanus Cobb and many others.

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Cobb, Silvanus, 1710-1762

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Captain of one of six independent companies of auxiliaries retained by the governors of Massachusetts and Cape Breton for the defense of Nova Scotia. From the description of Power of attorney : DS, 1749 May 22, Boston. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122489363 ...

Bourn, Melatiah.

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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 ...

Massachusetts. Militia

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Ten companies comprised the 12th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia: five from Boston, one from North Bridgewater, one from Abington, one from Weymouth, one from Stoughton, and one from Gloucester. After organization was completed, the regiment was ordered to Fort Warren in Boston Harbor. Three months later it was sent to Harper's Ferry, Va., where it guarded the upper Potomac as part of Bank's division. From the description of Massachusetts Volunteer Militia records, 1861 [ma...

Bourn, Silvanus.

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Bourne family.

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Bourne (Bourn) family was primarily of Barnstable, Massachusetts. Silvanus Bourn (1694-1763) was a colonel in the militia and his son, Melatiah Bourn (1722-1778) was also an officer and a Boston merchant. From the description of Bourne family Massachusetts military papers, 1744-1764. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612833016 ...