Journal of the Siege of Louisbourg, 1745.

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Journal of the Siege of Louisbourg, 1745.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/758905134

A contemporary copy covering April 22 to June 16, 1745. Published as A Letter...to His Grace the Duke of Newcastle...with a Journal of the Siege of Louisbourg (London, 1746).

1 volume, 10 pages.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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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 ...