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Autographs/S: WILLIAM SHIRLEY, Governor of the Bahamas and Colonial Governor of Massachusetts.

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Autographs/S: WILLIAM SHIRLEY, Governor of the Bahamas and Colonial Governor of Massachusetts.
WILLIAM SHIRLEY, Governor of the Bahamas and Colonial Governor of Massachusetts. Manuscript Document Signed, "W Shirley," January 3, 1768, New Providence (Bahamas), 6.25" x 7.75", Fine. Being a bill of exchange payable in London for £25. Paper missing from top and bottom edges, reinforced by strips on verso. Shirley served as governor of Massachusetts from 1741-49 and from 1753-56. He was governor of the Bahamas from 1761-67, and returned to Massachusetts in 1769. He also wrote a book on American colonial finance.